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Title: Album of the Year
Review: More accessible and cohesive than their earlier work, but still challenging and surprising. The sounds build upon each other to create a shimmering, yet somehow rock solid, edifice. The first time I played this disc, I felt that the songs were already in my head, that the disc was somehow drawing them OUT OF rather than forcing them INTO my consciousness. I thought I would chafe at the drum and bass and other "dance" elements, but they are seamlessly integrated, a completely natural progression and extension of the band's sound. I've never seen them live, but I will make it a personal mission to do so after hearing this disc.
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