I honestly never loved his vocals, but grew somewhat used to them. I would not call them exactly *highly original* per he always sounded A LOT like Claudio Sanchez (or Joey Eppard to a degree).
I actually think their last EP might be my favorite thing they ever did. I do wonder if they might either become an instrumental band, or get someone who has a little differemt style. Granted, if they do find a new singer and decide to play live, the new singer will need to be able sing his parts. Which would suggest like Todd La Torre or Jon Davison, the new singer would likely need to be somewhat similar (or be able to sing those parts).