HAND. CANNOT. ERASE.

I suppose I'm against the grain this time. I discovered Steven Wilson around the 2000s with his masterful album 'Fear Of A Blank Planet'. It became a true wonderland for me! Tons of undiscovered amazing music were in front of me so suddenly. The thing is that I've become a pretty die-hard Steven Wilson fan, mostly of his progressive metal era (In Absentia to The Incident).

With that said, I also started getting into his solo work. Insurgentes took me a while to digest but Grace For Drowning And The Raven That Refused To Sing became very quickly some of my favorite Steven Wilson albums. And I can't get into this album. Should I give it more time? I don't know, it's been five years and it still hasn't clicked on me.

After TRTRTS, Steven Wilson started to venture into more jazzy, alternative areas. More specifically, the alternative area, and that tendency has been increasing ever since this album was released. To The Bone and The Future Bites prove that. So, does prog work together well with alternative? Yes, it does. However I wouldn't say in a very impressive way.

There's actually certain parts where I do enjoy this album a lot, specially in the jazzy parts similar to TRTRTS' Drive Home, but then it gets drowned (and not in a graceful way, pun intended) by the somewhat empty, ambience-ish sections with electronic beats, reminiscent of Porcupine Tree's The Incident, that are very common all along the album. I have never been too much of a fan of such thing, since it feels like filler.

I must say that this album is great, however. It's perfectly enjoyable and you should give it a try. I personally give it two stars (for fans), but you will maybe like it more.

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