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I haven't listened to this since just before I saw them perform live in 2019, which was a mixed bag of a show, just as this is a mixed bag of an album. I'll start by saying that it's much better than its utterly snore-inducing predecessor, but it definitely shows enough of that same style to lead me to believe the days of Riverside truly exciting me are over. There is one remarkable moment here though - the closing track, which is Riverside's best in well over a decade, and is one of the most beautiful pieces I think I've ever heard from the band. It really does lift this album well above mediocrity - although the abysmal hard rock shitshow "Vale of Tears" threatens to flip that. Take a wild guess which one of those they performed live. The rest of the album is well performed and occasionally pretty good, but it's also very much in the vein of what you'd expect, in almost a dad-prog sort of way. Perhaps Riverside are just showing their age now.

6.4 (5th listen)

Part of my listening diary from my facebook music blog - www.facebook.com/TheExoskeletalJunction

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