Reportedly bosses at Harvey Island Records label feared the avant-garde venture was commercial suicide despite it winning generally positive reviews : Entertainment Weekly opined This is ' deep ' music in every sense ; total immersion is recommended Musician reckoned The results are as engaging as they are disturbing . . full of strange moves and unusual textures Logo felt it was thrillingly sinister while Q magazine praised its polecat scat and brooding rural blues adding that it felt more a series of themes and word paintings .