While the first Rational Diet release (AltrOck, 2007) appeared inevitably not so homogeneous, collecting compositions and recordings spread in the space of several years, this At Work offers an image definitely more complete and direct of the belorussian band. The more improvised sections have been reduced to the essential, the matching of acoustic and electric instruments even more successful. But what is really amazing is the attitude of these musicians, so far away from every canonical rock and prog influences, and yet so well characterized and recognizable in the chaos of «alternative» rock and its infinite branches. The style, well clear yet in the first cd, comes from the Russian twentieth century: the music oozes with Stravinskij and Shostakovic everywhere, but refracted through the «chamber rock» lens, able of inconceivable dynamical range both for a traditional acoustic ensemble and a «normal» rock group. The listening is extremely pleasant, and will meet the tastes of many fans, even the most disparate. Among the songs we