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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

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