by Jason Ankeny Kendra Smith resurfaced for the first time since the dissolution of Opal with this engaging effort recorded in tandem with Jonah Corey and A. Philip Uberman ; although The Guild of Temporal Adventurers doesn't stray far from the trademark neo-psychedelic sound of Smith's previous work, the record's absorption of Eastern sounds and textures lend it a deep, meditative quality finely attuned to the warmth and simplicity of tracks like "Stars Are in Your Eyes" and "Wheel of the Law."