Prog-metal like Deadwing but more cohesive, and this time Wilson hits the winning theme: the anomic anguish of the Hi-Tech generation. His apathetic voice (often filtered) sings about the god X-box, MTV, and various pills, about incomprehensibility and improbable escapes. Adamantine riffs slightly softened by the liquid keyboards of Barbieri and orchestral textures (similar to Kashmir in Sleep Together). Harrison, master of the Tom Toms in Anesthetize. Guests Lifeson (nice solo) and Fripp (solo soundscapes).
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