Following in the bright footsteps of their previous material, Communic stays on target and on point, releasing another amazing album. At first it sounds very similar, almost a clone of Waves of Visual Decay, but with repeated listens, you will (most likely) find that the majority of the tracks here change up a lot more than on their previous offerings and strike an effective balance between slower and faster passages, lighter and heavier ones. They don't linger on a particular pattern for any length of time (except in a couple of instances) but still retain a core sound on a track-by-track basis, and over the course of the album. Simplicity is still the key here, and they manage to make even more small changes, fine tunings, and employ ambient effects (there's some sweet keyboard work here that sits complacently in the background) to a much greater effect. Whereas before they sounded like add-ons, here the blend seamlessly with the rest of the instrumentation. All this adds up to an album even more lively and exciting than Waves. And possibly even better. Those bored or unimpressed by the band's previous material will find nothing to sway them here but for fans of Communic, this is just what the gods ordered.
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