INK COMPATIBLE

I am very confused with this album and I don't mean by the highly intricate music delivered by the formidable line-up of the musicians. Every time I begin to listen to Ink Complete the first two songs fire me up, but then something happens and my interest gradually fails. The mind-blowing 1-2 (and Words for Nerds, too, but a bit less) have me thinking that I am missing something because if the music is so great in the beginning then this inspiration can't go out of the window in just a few minutes. I am right: the inspiration is there all along. The performance of the musicians is jaw-dropping, to say the least. Still what rubs me the wrong way is that after a while I feel as if I am listening to midis - to my understanding of music at least. I find that feeling is particularly lacking here and I can't believe that listeners who aren't musicians themselves will ever connect to this.

I am not saying this is a bad album - not by a long chalk. It's challening with depth and a lot of things to discover. It's just I think it aims at a certain audience and this certain audience should definitely check it out - it's almost a certainty they will find a gem to treasure for life.

Therefore, the two stars have more to do with "for musicians who are suckers for extremely tech music" than reflecting the quality of the album.

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