So back when this came out I had never heard of the band. I heard it on the Wednesday night show about Interstellar Overdrive back in 2007. My wife and I both where amazed at the album. It became a staple of our show which was called Sounds of Muzak back then.
Valerie Gracious does a great job for the female lead vocals, Matthew Parmenter of Discipline. plays violin on this album the orchestra for Microdeath Softstar is amazing.
This really is progressive rock at its pinnacle. Thanks to amazing song writing skills of Phideaux Xavier.
We liked this album so much we got on a plane to see them at 3RP. Later on we saw them many more times including the joint in LA, RosFest, Terra Incognita, Summers End, and twice right here at our Chicago house.
So when you look at our Key for Album reviews you can see we really do mean what we say about 5 star albums.
ALBUM HIGHTLIGHTS: Micro Softdeathstar,Crumble, Formaldehyde, Microdeath Softstar
| PREVIOUS BAND RATING: |  (0.0 / 5) |
| ACCESSIBILITY: |  (4.0 / 5) |
| HEAVINESS: |  (1.0 / 5) |
| MELODIC: | (4.0 / 5) |
| ARTWORK & PACKAGING: | (4.0 / 5) |
| DRAMA: |  (5.0 / 5) |
| OVERALL RATING: | (5.0 / 5) |
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Key:
These ratings are just attributes and may not have correlation to the most important: OVERALL RATING
PREVIOUS BAND RATING
0: Never heard of them or debut album.
1: Someone recommended. I give them another shot.
2: Some good moments in the past but never put together an album I really liked.
3: Some 4 or 5 star songs but albums can be hit or miss for me.
4: I like 80% of their songs and probably went to see them live.
5: I would, and probably have gone on a plane to see them live.
ACCESSIBILITY EXAMPLES
1: Weather Report
2: Zappa
3: Genesis – Selling England by the Pound,
4: Marillion – F.E.A.R
5: Kino – Picture
HEAVINESS EXAMPLES
1: IQ – Seventh House
2: Discipline – Unfold Like a Staircase
3: Porcupine Tree – In Abstentia, Shadow Gallery – Tyranny
4: Vanden Plas – Chirst 0, Dream Theater – Scenes From a Memory
5: Opeth – Black Water Park
MELODIC EXAMPLES:
1: Opeth – Black Water Park
2: Vanden Plas – Chirst 0, Dream Theater – Scenes From a Memory
3: Porcupine Tree – In Abstentia, Shadow Gallery – Tyranny
4: Discipline – Unfold Like a Staircase
5: IQ – Seventh House
OVERALL RATING:
1: Will Never listen to again and deleted under no circumstances should you buy this
2: Not my thing maybe one redeeming song.
3: I like parts of this and I would check them out if they were near me.
4: I would get in the car and road trip to see this album live
5: I would get on a plane to see this performed live
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