Starfish deserve a lot of credit for taking their artistry through the bounds of many different genres;
Frustrated ties together abstract ambience, deep, heavy rock, and the occasional turn to pop with a seamless over-arching aesthetic that turns the record into a sort of voyage. The band's primary influences, however, are definitely on the heavy rock and metal side -- when
Starfish rock, they truly rock, and the fact that they're willing to texture their composition with so many other approaches is truly admirable.