For those that are interested, or unawares:
The album was released here yesterday, and I picked it up today after work. I\'ve only had time to listen to one song (and seeing as most people agreed on The Pot being a good song, I picked that one) and it was
excellent. Previously I have heard Vicarious and while it too is a decent song I feel somewhat disappointed purely by the fact that it isn\'t that huge step forward. It has a very similar texture to it that Lateralus had. Which isn\'t a bad thing given that Lateralus is my personal favourite album of theirs, but given the time between albums and the hype and whatnot, I was hoping for more than Lateralus ver. B.
Again, though, this is only first impression of two songs, and overall it\'s extremely positive. Unfortunately I won\'t really be able to give a concrete impression of what I think of the album for a couple of weeks until it sinks in.
However, I can talk about the album artwork; which is excellent. Again, very
Lateralus-ish in some respects with some other nice imagery which isn\'t completely congruous with their previous efforts. However, what makes it truely exceptional is the inclusion of stereophonic glasses on the front cover which when folded and viewed through correctly gives the pictures inside the booklet an incredible 3-D look. And it truely does look incredible. Their best effort yet, IMO.
