Oh wow...JR actually spent the time to work on his sounds and create new ones.
This album is not going to sound like anything we've heard from JR before in Dream Theater. Now that has me excited to hear his new tones and sounds and how those will change the way the music of Dream Theater sounds.
Even before Jordan's info about his keys sounds,i was excited about the new album.
The lack of info about it (and i don't mean MM quote about relentless energy and JR info about his different sounds) has me thinking about SFAM.
We had so little information about it prior to its release,that when it finally came out it caught us all off guard.
Plus,the fact that JP and JR reunited with MM for LTE sessions must have inspired them a lot and brought some fresh air into their writing process.
Also,it is their first album written and recorded in their new HQ,JP used an 8 string guitar for the first time and they had all the time they needed
to work with patience and make the best album possible.
Not to mention that the whole pandemic thing must have been a huge inspiration for them.
And we don't even talk about LTE3,that is about to be released (and which is most likely to be a masterpiece,as their 2 previous albums)
Seems that some fresh air blew in DT's camp!