EFFLORESCE

Firstly, I'm surprised to see Oceansize mentioned in this forum (though I'm happy that they are) as I think the general 'prog' inhabitants of this board (i.e. those for who 'prog' is holier than thou & to be considered 'prog' you must have extended keyboard interludes and sing about elves & giants from long ago) may treat them with the same kind of disdain they reserve for the likes of Radiohead. However, this is a bloody good album, hugely in the vain of Porcupine Tree in their more abstract moments (i.e. when Steven Wilson isn't pandering to THE MAN and trying to pen a hit single or drowning in his self-induced Floyd-ian landscape), with a touch of Dream Theater chucked in & not too dissimilar to those other memorable Mancunian mood music makers Elbow (with a touch of Mars Volta thrown in for good measure). Go out & learn to swim in this ocean.