the mystery of the followup:
thy catafalque - i don't see how people are saying this is just them doing the same thing. the playful electronics that categorized the previous two albums are all but gone here, there's a real cinematic feel to this album and i love it. the few repeated motifs, the palindromic structure, the wonderful opener and closer and the two adventurous, metal-focused epics. this is probably not their best but i still like it a lot. all four of the albums i have from them are pretty great tho.
added to the rotation this week: