FEAR OF A BLANK PLANET

This is no In Absentia, but compared with the pish being released right now, it's best we've got. Musically, the album is impeccable, beautifully arranged, Wilson doesn't let us down on that one.

My only complaint is that thematically, this is "Four Chords.." "Stupid Dream"and "Sound of Muzak" made into an album. The anti-MTV, or rather anti-TV full-stop, disenfranchised youth ideology is getting old, even if it warrants more advancing. I've heard this too much, but the lyrics themselves are fun, and the music is so compelling that it overrides the thematic rehashing.