aerosiphon

Great record!

@ILM_IGLIORE: you have serious psychological problems. I really don't find your behavior normal. I'm not a fake, and I don't understand at all your aggressive and offensive attitude. Personally, I've only expressed my opinion, and instead of ignoring it and continuing on your path, you lash out violently against anyone who thinks differently than you.
Look, I bear you no ill will, no hate, no negative feelings at all; I don't know you, and I don't understand how you can think that I have some problem with you.
I don't understand how my opinion could hurt you enough to make you go crazy with comments and call me "Succhia cazzi di merda." It doesn't seem to me that I was so violent or offensive towards you as to deserve such an assault, which makes me suspect that you have some serious character issues.
I suggest, with all the affection I can have for someone with problems like yours, that you seek help from a specialist as soon as possible.

Oh my God, what a review!
Anyway, this is the album I liked the least from the Mars Volta, too rambling!!... and after re-listening to the entire discography, I find I agree with comment number 11.

I'm listening to it right now. I think it's a great album, a step forward compared to Blackbird.

I'm trying to raise your average a bit. The review is good.

I’ll share my thoughts: Honestly, nothing exceptional. An overly enthusiastic review for an album that doesn’t shout miracle.
That said, it presents significantly interesting ideas, even if they remain embryonic; at times it feels like the album lacks a clearly defined direction, oscillating between some innovative concepts and many archetypes.
I would also have a few remarks about the guitar editing, which remains in the background compared to the dominant electronics, or at least is not distinct and feels muddled; unlike the drum machines, which are excessively present and hyper-compressed.
Then, Ambient and metal are hardly present... industrial fits in well, but above all, you forgot to mention that this is an album dominated by drum 'n' bass. And there’s been a lot of drum 'n' bass, to the point that it’s no longer surprising.
They could have done better, but there’s a big difference between having a few good ideas and creating a mature album. Maybe the next one will be better.

I don't know the work, but great suggestion and great review.

"Psychotic" review but all in all engaging... and to think that when I read the opening lines I immediately wanted to turn off the computer! ahahah.
Anyway, I have to say that the "Skunk" have always confused me: they have the ability (or maybe they used to...) to propose great "alternative" ideas but then they end up being too "radio-friendly" overall.
In any case, I consider them a "teenage" band, and even though I would never listen to them again, they provided the soundtrack to one of the most interesting periods of my life; it was to the tunes of their early albums that I began to move my hands on my little electric guitar, and perhaps they had a certain influence on the musical tastes I would later develop, eventually turning to a truly "alternative" type of music.

Uhmm... maybe you could have skipped the somewhat questionable and ultimately incomplete introduction on the definition of what fusion music is and has been, perhaps focusing a bit more on the nuances of this album, so I can’t give you a high rating for this review.
Anyway, I completely agree with you that this is one of the flattest and most insignificant albums from the "Pat Metheny Group" project, and to be honest, it’s not the only failed experiment, as you rightly mention in the review.
Fortunately, in the years that followed, something good made a comeback in PMG's discography, such as: "Speaking of Now" and especially "The Way Up."

I God is an Astronaut are one of the most distinctive post-rock bands in the British scene, and their albums "All Is Violent, All Is Bright" and "Far from Refuge" are, in my opinion, among the greatest expressions of this genre, which I highly recommend. That said, I would have expected more from this trio, whom I've followed since their beginnings, as the years went by... instead, that much-anticipated "exploit," in my view, has not materialized, and their subsequent works begin to show the signs of rust of a genre that perhaps has already said everything and has little left to invent. Already in this self-titled work, one can sense that decline and sense of banality that will ultimately come to light in the subsequent "Age of the Fifth Sun," released in May of this year.