Mzylkypop's debut release on Discus Music, "Kiedy Wilki Zawyja?" was reviewed in The Wire by Dickon Edwards: "This giddy avant pop affair is rather more avant than pop, with a large backing band of musicians steeped in the stylings of early 1970s psychedelia, mutant prog, free jazz saxophone solos, slinky blues and moody spy soundtracks"

'Threnodies and Ad hocs', with Michael Somerset Ward once more firmly at the helm, follows a similarly individual and beautifully crafted path, but this time around, while the striking Polish chanteuse Sylwia Anna Drwal features on the opening "Threnodies" song cycle, the following "Ad hocs" sequence is voiced by a who's who of avant pop characters: Adi Newton (Clock DVA), David Was (Was Not Was), Stephen Mallinder (Cabaret Voltaire) and Pete Hope (The Box) are heard on a succession of tracks all of which genuinely push the sonic and structural boundaries of what we call "pop"

Michael Somerset: vocals, keys, woodwind, percussion

Sylwia Anna Drwal, Adi Newton, Pete Hope, Stephen Mallinder, David Was, Julia Calvo, Vina Figueroa: vocals

Rachel Edmonson: vocals, tenor saxophone

David Lewin: keys, guitar, drums

Matt Bourne: electra-piano

Dave Kuratsu: keys

Dean Honer: synthesizer

Philippe Clegg: bass guitar

Seth Bennett: double bass

Peter Fairclough, Adam Fairclough: drums

Martin Archer: tenor sax, saxello

Andres Figueroa: tenor sax, flute

Maarten Ornstein: bass clarinet

Charlie Collins: percussion

Karl D'Silva , Tom Wax: guitar

Beatrix Ward Fernandez: violin