Jimmy Higgins
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I was looking forward to this album. It sounds like it was going to be a departure from the lesser accepted The Future Bits which intended to be pop, but it wasn't the best prog pop, and in general the best bits felt unfinished and the remainder was harder to really want to listen to much.
Many people were enthralled with The Harmony Codex, and The Impossible Tightrope long track had promise. It sounds like this was more instrumental, which I took as meaning less lyrical as well.
It wasn't a lot of things. My early take was the first half sounds a bit like The Future Bites and To The Bone and Grace for Drowning. It wasn't great, but I was liking it and hopeful for the remainder. But then the remainder was too chatty, too little of music, and more simplistic like The Future Bites. It wasn't trying to be pop though. It just felt like soft electronic rock. I'll need a few more listens, but I was left with a disappointed feeling that the opening tracks and Tightrope were part of the main album and the remainder were just B-sides.
The other issue with this album was the release. Like, how to get it?! Yes, you can buy the CD, but that was about it. Blu-ray was cheap, but didn't contain much and only a couple places had it. The box set (which had the blu-ray that was the version to want) sold out way too quickly for its sale price, which was very reasonable.
Having been involved with nearly 40 albums, I think Steven Wilson is starting to run out of ideas or is in a dry patch. Most bands do get here after time.
Many people were enthralled with The Harmony Codex, and The Impossible Tightrope long track had promise. It sounds like this was more instrumental, which I took as meaning less lyrical as well.
It wasn't a lot of things. My early take was the first half sounds a bit like The Future Bites and To The Bone and Grace for Drowning. It wasn't great, but I was liking it and hopeful for the remainder. But then the remainder was too chatty, too little of music, and more simplistic like The Future Bites. It wasn't trying to be pop though. It just felt like soft electronic rock. I'll need a few more listens, but I was left with a disappointed feeling that the opening tracks and Tightrope were part of the main album and the remainder were just B-sides.
The other issue with this album was the release. Like, how to get it?! Yes, you can buy the CD, but that was about it. Blu-ray was cheap, but didn't contain much and only a couple places had it. The box set (which had the blu-ray that was the version to want) sold out way too quickly for its sale price, which was very reasonable.
Having been involved with nearly 40 albums, I think Steven Wilson is starting to run out of ideas or is in a dry patch. Most bands do get here after time.