I bought this on a whim after hearing the wonderfull twin-guitar work on "Ten Speed (Of God's Blood & Burial)" and immediately found that it fell into the delightfully pretentious camp (much like Rush who they happen to imitate). I just let myself go and bang my head a bit. I just wish they didn't try to make concept albums, because their lyrics are juvenile and only comprehensible if you've read what I'm sure must be a lame graphic novel. Pretension doesn't work as well in other mediums as it does in music.
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