Following his departure from Soft Machine in 1971, Robert Wyatt’s short-lived second outfit Matching Mole was a cohesive, progressive quartet of fellow Canterbury scene talents. Partly recalling early Softs sensibilities with Wyatt back behind both the drum kit and microphone, part furthering the avant-prog, free jazz and “voice as an instrument” sensibilities of his solo debut The End of an Ear. From clinically narrating the deconstruction of a pop song to experimental, improvisational mellotron jams, the band’s 1972 eponymous debut is representative of the signature talents and eminent stroke of wit of Wyatt.