this album was probably the one i had the hardest time to get into. i didn't click with me for a considerable lapse of time. in hindsight i couldn't tell why. i mean it's not overly haywired, speaking in btbam proportions. at least not more than 'colors', which grabbed me by the very first listen. whatever it was, i'm over it now and i enjoy this record from first to last.
on their fifth full length album they stripped down the number of songs again. now from the eight pieces of 'colors' to six, which gives the listener more than ever the feeling of the whole album being one consistent song. of course the weird musical excursions didn't get neglected this time around. a jazz part with a horse whicker as the signal for the start, a piano part from the turn of the forelast millenium and more bizarre keyboard gimmicks are just the usual madness.
lyrically, as far as i understand, one of the general theme seems to deal with the question if intelligence of human kind is just a flaw of nature, because it's mainly used to promote self-destruction. the other common thread is how future trends working towards total dependence on machines and how the few in power control and manipulate the forced-into-line masses. in the end the only way for the character to esacpe seems to be suicide.
if you drew different conclusions feel free to comment. it'd be fun to read about some other views. if you don't really care about the lyrics and want to listen to some tunes, fine, here's your chance. check out 'disease, injury, madness' and 'fossil genera - a feed from cloud mountain'. ordered my copy directly from victory. third pressing on bubble gum pink vinyl. 171 copies made. victory records. 2009.
