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Then something weird happened. A lot of comments came up that heavily criticised the reviewer and the style and statements of the review. I really mean "a lot"! And that made me curious: What kind of rather unknown underground one-man-project could provoke such a reaction from people? I really had to find out and gave the music a try.

And find out I did. The music is equally heady and emotional. t's voice is full of warmth where it's due, and aggression where it is needed. The arrangements simply and meaningfully push back the boundaries of what I had heard before while really supporting the music, not trying to avoid it or to be in the foreground too much. No, this is really well composed music sounding great, not just sound - a rare phenomenon in the world of new artrock.

So, after all, this explains why there are so diverse and such extreme reactions to the music: It leads on a new path. Either you want to follow or you don't. But isn't that great in itself, tbstars1? "No retreat, no surrender", The Boss once said. This is the musical equivalent.

The song-writing is superb and intense, but the real thing that separates T's music from quite a lot of contemporary progressive rock productions is the visionary, playful, yet always meaningful work with the means and possibilities that other genres have been utilizing for years. T (as Steven Wilson, in many respects) makes those viable for the artrock sector - finally.

The outcome is !not! an effect-laden overkill of production to make up for rather poor songwriting. As I said: The songwriting is superb, and the production really only intensifies this sublime atmosphere of mastery.

I had hoped for many years that T would be the go-to-guy for progressive music some time in the future. I guess, among a handful of others, he now is.

Anyway, the music surpassed all my expectations. This is definitely a new masterpiece in modern prog, a milestone, a Close-to-the-script-on-Broadway-of-the-moon to be - except for t's lack of fame and fanbase. But musically speaking, for all the reasons the other reviewers have already hinted at, this is a really great album that never ceases to surprise you, even at the 20th listening.

I cannot add anything substantial here, but I heartily agree to what was said before: Highly recommended indeed!

You are instantly trapped in T's - grantedly weird and ever-tingling - world, and the album captures you with its intriging soundscapey experiments and its strangely "new" approach to music. Yet, don't get me wrong: This *is* an album that highlights the music, the essence of the songs, not the production or some gimmicks or playthings.

It is a movie without pictures, so to speak, as Anti-Matter Poetry was, but a very different one. You have to listen to this - this is about the best album I heard in a long time. It is a shame that T must still be considered an unsung hero of prog.