I never listened to Neal's self titled debut album, been listening to it and while I wouldn't call it my favorite of his, it's not bad. The first 7 tracks are mostly non-offensive rock songs, and the eighth is a pretty solid prog epic, great melodies everywhere. To my ears, this sounds like the beginning of his classic output since this record was released. Prior to this with Spock's Beard, outside of The Light, I've never connected with the 3 albums that followed it, though there is strong material throughout. Even The Light suffers from production issues, but the material is so strong it overrides the faults. V always stuck out from the rest, like, 'why is this one so much better than the others, musically and technically?' imo of course.
Still have to listen to the new album. Is this related to Sola Scriptura? Do I need to listen to that first?