POLYPHIA

For those unaware Poylphia is a Prog band that fuses the sounds of Prog Metal, Math Rock Flamenco, Jazz and even a bit of Hip Hop, a unique blend for sure, it was actually the reason why I avoided this band, I'm usually not a fan of over the top technical music however I've been expanding my horizons lately and I surprisingly enjoyed this. The production is amazing, I listened to this with headphones and everything sounds great and even satisfying with the popping bass and....clicky? Sounding guitars, the drumming is also really good, the trap style high hats actually enhance the sound, it sounds digital but in the best way possible. Every instrument here is played by a virtuoso my favorite thing they bring to the table is the insane guitar fills or insane drum fills throughout the album. Nasty is the opening track and instantly became one of my favorite tracks from the band, the instrumentation is very tight they clearly know what they're doing (duh) Death Note is another notable track the bass here is very bouncy(in general it is) reminds me of something you'd hear on a 70s Japanese fusion record. Really my only complaints are the more hip hop Is elements that show up occasionally sometimes it works but sometimes it can feel a bit cheesy but really it's no problem unless your an older rock fan, I've been listening to a lot of classic rock lately and the production here compared to say something like Electric Ladyland is insanely different, I know it's probably a stupid thing I just said but there's just something about how clean this is which I can see some people being turned off by it but overall this was an enjoyable listen

In my opinion this album is better than their future work. This one sounds like actual instruments are playing instead of overproduced extremely poppy cr*p sound with beats made on laptop (or again overproduced to the point of not sounding like actual instrument/s). Its a very solid solo-guitar centric instrumental album and every song is good here in my opinion. Its proggy, its melodic, its technical, its kinda cool. Easy 4/5 it deserves a better rating on this site i believe. Suggest to try this album for people who dislike their newer electro/pop/artificial sounding songs you might've seen on youtube.

An extremely overproduced album, a "classic" polyphia sound at the moment. If you are like me who loves instrumental music but hates pop/electro then you might find it hard to enjoy this album. Example: drums on probably every song sounds like it was completely made on a computer aka electro beats (even if they are real at this point of production they dont sound like actual drums), melodies are very mid here feels like they are ai generated or something, bass sounds fake for some reason, guitar sounds like it was cut 20 times just to record one riff (tho no intention to call them fake players because their live songs are better that their studio work imo) This album is definitely overhyped. I prefer their older work 'muse" album for example, even 2018 album sounds more doable production wise. I give this album 2/5

Slick polished upbeat guitar superhero jams infiltrate our universe with an eclectic mix of the now, far out, jazzy, hip-hop, and unknown with several special guests. I gravitate towards the instrumental tunes such as "Playing God", my favorite offering, tossing a flamenco flavored mix into the overall positive reminder that no one here gets out alive. Or the catchy groove of "Reverie" with the locked and loaded rhythm section and unexpected change near the end of the song. Or how 'bout the salsa flavored "Chimera" with one of those special guests? The funky bolero "Ego Death" is another good one with energetic guitar chirping from a dude who played in Zappa's band.

Polyphia have created another monster album that transcends us mortals to another plane of consciousness and is definitely worth a listen.