Review by: Charly Saenz
Album assigned by: Avery Campbell
I was a little perplexed on first listen of this album, which genre is it? Were they drunk? Did they call a surrogate band in some tracks to meet deadlines? But well, this is the very nature of the band. They are an art rock band.
It's way nice that an artist can touch upon many genres, only, I think if they can really integrate them into a solid final product. Whether no frills metal ("Way Too Long") or more elaborate affairs ("Dry") they do their business well. They can do more commercial stuff, almost in the Coldplay field ("In God We Trust").
They can present unexpected twists within the same songs, which is fresh, but also a little tiring on repeated listens. "I'm Still Here" gets into Kate Bush territory, and they do it quite well, a really beautiful song.
In fact the second part of the album is a more subtle affair, Celtic touches and violins in "Sunshine" (and some crazy guitar in the crescendo just to assert the power). Some .. industrial? Rock traces in the second part of "Skin", to finish it off with a soft piano, once more.
A good album overall it suffers from the CD era trauma: too long; a little trimming would work wonders. Or just make up your playlist, that's The Modern World that I've learnt about!
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