A HANDFUL OF EARTH

This is an album that grows and grows. I can hear a lot of the influences mentioned above, but the music is by no means derivative. Some high points for me are: the keyboard intro of 'Never Again'; the 'lounge-jazz' :-) section of 'A Thousand Deaths'; and all of 'Gone', to name only a few. The only reason I don't give it 5 stars is to leave room for what's to come. Bring on the second album!