Just to add another opinion to the stack, I'm not as crazy about this
release as I was about ISDN. The two standout tracks for me are "Her
Face Forms in Summertime" (that rolling flanged snare is excellent) and
"Everyone in the World..." (great chord progression/melody). The rest
is OK, but doesn't really move me. I s'pose I'm in the minority as well
on "We have Explosive", which I find somewhat schlocky. One thing I
wish they'd concentrate more on is actual sound design/timbre choice. I
don't mind the expansive nature of their songs, what with all of the
nature samples and such, but I'd rather it be a synthetic mutation of a
waterfall, as opposed to an unmodified sample of seagulls flying by.
Pastiche is nice, but it sounds best when the elements are integrated.
GD