Title: A beautiful evolution
Review: This album goes way beyond "Mer De Noms," which (somewhat justifiably) was touted by Rolling Stone as "forest gnome rock.""Thirteenth Step," on second and third listen seems way more personal and disciplined. I think we can thank Executive Producer/Singer/Demigod Maynard James Keenan for that. One star off for an all-around lack of hardcore and experimental sounds, which I was really hoping for in this iteration of APC. This time around RS claimed it sounded akin to The Cure's "Disintegration" album, and once again, they're on the mark, though the comment was expressed as a compliment. It shouldn't be.
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