Deeply challenging, even confrontational, to the classical string quartet , composer JG Thirlwell's Dystonia is a leap forward not only for listeners, but for musicians as well. Mivos Quartet's fiery interpretation of these five pieces - each in it's own way difficult, harrowing, engaging and uplifting - is also a tribute to their dedication, skill and sense of adventure as artists. InchThis is bold, insistent music that grabs you and takes you where it wants to go,Inch writes Bang on a Can co-founder Michael Gordon in his liner notes for the album. That sentiment lands with a fury in the recording's central piece InchOzymandias,Inch a not-for-the-faint-of- heart excursion that channels the tension and dread of, for example, Bernard Herrmann's famed Psycho score, but expands on it with the subtle, stately majesty of Bartók and Cage. Album Tracks 1. Narcolepsy 2. Fibrositis 3. Ozymandias 4. Heliophobia 5. Apeirophobia