From Hamburg, a very good, slightly widdly neo-prog concept album (their 10th) with focused songwriting and a more than decent singer, Marco Gluhmann. As always, I'd rather he'd sung in their native German. The concept involves something about an A.I. trying to save the world. The music features a lot of swaying triple time with a sense of melancholy introspection. I liked that there were plenty of dynamics and the writing, and arrangements had some subtle sophistication. There's a touch of metallic crunch here and there, but only as seasoning.
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