DISSOLUTION

This is another one of those albums where, even though you feel you've had enough of it already, you keep coming back. You know it is starting to sound repetitive, but you just do it again because it will sound so good again. And it's kinda hard to explain.

For me, the previous release of Your Wilderness was a sign of great things to come with Gavin Harrison hopping up. In itself it didn't have the substance, but it showed the potential. And with Dissolution, they brought such potential to justice: kinda like when Meddle worked as the unintended terrain preparation for Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon.

In itself, the songs follow Pineapple Thief's usual formula of "safe innovation" and titles that are repeated throughout the lyrics (ha-ha). I was starting to get disappointed at it until that monster that is White Mist. The album's epic (if you can call it that way) gave me the motivation to try another spin. And since, for me, this was one of those albums that grew over time, it just got better with each listen. The songs are almost paired to a certain extent, where the "breathing time" between the album peaks are balanced just right and the album lasts as much as it needed to, leaving us with the feeling of wanting more but grateful for what we had.

On musicianship, it is glorious as it should be. Bass is almost the pulse of the album, and the atmosphere that is put together make this album a journey. It's definitely one for a listen with noise-cancelling headphones in a not-to-be-disturbed time.

This is something.