"New Jersey rockers' fresh-minted productivity sends them outwards and upwards ... 'Cosmic Cash' and 'Natural Facts' [were] respectively chilled and feisty versions of their twin-guitar choogle, crossing West Coast acid rock with Southern boogie. 'One Step Beyond' shifts the goalposts, comprising a 32-minute title track and the eight-minute 'Heart And Soul', an elegant comedown in the mould of [The Band's] 'Music From Big Pink'. Beforehand, the main event ebbs and flows through myriad scenes, hovering between a jam and a plan. An opening stretch of floating saxophone and locked-groove guitars surrenders to space-rock drama, then a breezy song/melody that segues into a simmering jam, bridged by mushrooming guitars to a sax-tooting coda that blows off whatever steam is left in the engine".