For me personally the lack of Colin and the 'vibe' of this reunion just rubs me the wrong way and feels more like a cynical cash grab than a real passion project and that's partly the reason why I decided not to get concert tickets or pre-order the album so far. But I'm still curious to listen to it when it drops and I'll probably end up getting the CD at some point. Don't really have anything against others who are more excited or are going to the concerts - heck if I hadn't seen them on The Incident tour I probably would have gone, but having already seen them I don't feel that "need to cross them off my list" that others might feel.
Man, prog fans are the worst
Everyone gives SW shit for years now because he is moving on through different musical genres and influences, meaning he is actually a "progressive" musician. And everyone is whining for a PT reunion, just like many DT fans are just whining for MP to come back instead of enjoying the interesting progressions resulting from those new circumstances. And when SW says "ok fine I'll do it", people start saying it's just a cash grab
Even if that WAS the truth, I couldn't care less. Because the album is very good and I am happy SW and the guys are able to make money with it. These are musicians and what they do is their job and they have to make money from it. Plus, it's not like they just released a PT compilation album and then toured. They wrote over an hour of new music.