MACROSCOPE, the fifth album and Mack Avenue debut by his adventurous trio The Nels Cline Singers, provides a measure of the long-running group’s staggering range. Captivating and continually surprising, the album finds the instrumental trio with the slyly deceptive name veering in one off-kilter direction only to suddenly be overwhelmed by another drastic stylistic shift, often within the space of a single tune. Serrated psychedelia becomes consumed by soulful Brasiliana, blissed-out electronica overwhelmed by garage-rock skronk. Then there’s the wholly unexpected “Red Before Orange,” where a howling Hendrix-inspired solo suddenly erupts in the middle of a slick lounge-jazz number, Cline unleashing the inner George Benson that few of us expected he even had.Nels Cline – guitars, effects, voice, Quintronics Drum Buddy. Scott Amendola – drums, percussion, electronic treatments/loops, mbira. Trevor Dunn – basses, effects.Additional musician guests:Yuka C. Honda – electric piano, OP-1. Cyro Baptista – percussion universe.Josh Jones – congas, other percussion. Zeena Parkins – electric harp