Title: Round of Applause
Product review: I'll start by saying that it's only a result of my usual musical dispositions that I don't give this album five stars; that is to say, I've a taste for an eclectic variety from Phish to Dave Matthews to Pearl Jam to Radiohead to Dylan to Wu-Tang to Grateful Dead to the Doors to Bob Marley. Perhaps it's a fairly typical spread for the college student. As such, I'll admit that a 6:00 AM insomniac viewing of the frighteningly abstract video for "Schism' urged me to give a listen. And, I was not disappointed. 'Schism' flies as the obvious commercial flagship, inbounds just enough to earn the radio play that it deserves and stir up some zesty capitalist consumerism along the way. 'The Patient' stands out as my chice for the album though. Throughout, the songwriting functions on an epic scale, that is the tempos rise and fall and evolve without the naseating effect of the pop-hook. The album is an intelligent departure from commercial rock.
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