*'Monsters In The Deep'* is a major artistic leap. Both lyrically and musically, the songs see **Hickox** stretching out and fully availing himself of the possibilities presented by each song. This time around, Hickox held back from making the piano the prominent instrument on the album. Together with his life-long friend and co-producer **Chris Hill**, he played with different ways of presenting the songs. Time and again, it is an approach that brings out the best in **Hickox**. -