Warning: My opinion aheadI totally love this release. Their first album seemed to come out of nowhere and totally blew my mind. In a way it helped fill that starscream void in my life, but at the same time it was unique and new. This release expands on that and sounds much more polished and complete. They jumped the bridge from melodic rock to progressive rock in a nice way. While listening I was reminded of something like dream theater's technicality. Really really great stuff. I would love to support the band more.
But dude, this album art is some of the worst I've seen in a long time. Particularly from a band so polished. When this thread was posted, I wasn't sure if the artist was the same one that I thought they were. I clicked the thread and saw the art and thought there was no way it could be and shrugged it off. Then I saw the positive reviews and decided to give it another shot. I'm glad I did since I loved their first release so much. Their other art was so awesome too, I came really close to buying a shirt but overseas shipping killed the deal. This art not only poorly represents the music, but I feel like it actually repels people from the music. I'm really genuinely curious what the story behind this is. Did they use all the budget on studio time and didn't have any left over for art? Am I crazy and this is actually really good art? I just can't reconcile this in my mind, so I'd really like some closure. It's a pretty weird feeling to love and hate something so much at the same time.
TL;DR: Love the album, hate the album art.
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