Coma Ecliptic is by far the most diverse album they have ever recorded....not even close.
To me, Parallax sounds way more diverse than Coma Ecliptic, funny how despite not taking into account anything dealing with the quality of the music, we can think so different about the diversity of those albums. When I think about it, Parallax constantly feeds off those weird eclectic moments to stay interesting the entire time, while Coma Ecliptic utilizes them in a more organic way so it sounds more subtle. Maybe this subtle element of the latter makes me understate the diversity, but that's just how I see it.
Though I admit I absolutely love Parallax, so maybe I'm biased.
I'm actually listening to Parallax II right now. I've been pretty sure for a while that TGM was my #1 BTBAM album but recently I'm not so sure. Parallax II is just really great.
I'm in the same boat, TGM was my clear favourite but now I'm not so sure. If I were to combine it with the Parallax I EP I'm 100% sure it would be my #1, if not they're pretty much tied. I guess TGM loses on the album closer, Swim to the Moon, while great, does not live up to the standards of all the preceding songs for me.
How do people feel about the selftitled album and Silent Circus? I love the first for the most part but I don't really like Silent Circus.