Just a minute and 40 seconds into You Want That Too!, Max Jaffe and his cast of collaborators pull off the first of many head fakes. Opener “Up Top Up,” builds slowly and softly, with plinking piano, pulsing guitar, and bleepy synth organizing themselves like the multicolored tiers of a bismuth crystal. For a full minute, the quiet concatenation gurgles along, accumulating extra notes and flourishes, suggesting an eventual kosmische surge. But instead, each instrument disappears and the tempo drops to half-time, leaving only an uneasy chord structure and a lethargic drum pattern. Suddenly, Jeff Parker plucks a sighing six-note guitar run, dropping his shoulders into a solo section that carries the tune to its swooning conclusion. It’s only three minutes…
