now that i think of it, distant satellites title track does have a soul influence in the vocals, one reviewer mentioned james blake?, though not sounding like him, the air of soul is there so that artist probably came to their mind as its recent.
its like a galloping horse, james blake on its back, riding through a field in england, what an achievement. i'm actually beginning to dislike the track now, especially when it starts to gallop :/ ( cringes) but still give it thumbs up for been what anathema used to be i.e. challenging. hopefully their next album will be a huge step up, this one is a half step up from their past 2 albums imo.
anathema is a nice track but not mind blowing as others make out, ariel and dusk... go over my head, heard it all before. its typical anathema of the past 2 albums.
Hope (though a cover) and Far Away are great tracks too from Eternity, the production is down granted but still... their old bass player Patterson brought them to where they are today, theres no question about it if you read who wrote what, those tracks and especially Empty gave them confidence to change. (Empty has electronic drum loops in there) Good to see their drummer writing more, though one of his first, Pressure, was a stinker imo, a poor effort to reach radio and failed, that track just goes nowhere. His other one on AFDTE though is probably one of the best ones on it, again the title track. its just the way it goes, win some, lose some.