Following 2021"s The Burden of Restlessness and Acheron, Regenerator is the third installment of King Buffalo"s "pandemic trilogy". As the third of three, Regenerator inherently ties together the previous two LPs, and as the band unfold the leadoff title-track across nine and half minutes, it becomes clear just how truly they have marked out their own sonic presence. The later melodic highlight "Mammoth" - with McVay"s most confident vocal performance yet - shimmers with hope that somehow doesn"t come across as desperate; on "Hours", the group engages classic space rock, and the closing "Firmament" acts as a summary for all three albums, marking the final installment of this trilogy as the essential cornerstone of King Buffalo"s work to date.