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C/C is a culmination of everything SW has been doing from his solos career allied with a more present Richard Barbieri (since the Signify days of the band) and Gavin (which creates spectacular grooves). This time Steven himself decided to play all the bass parts and his different playstyle shows well through the whole album, especially in the very first second of Harridan. Unfortunately Colin is not anymore in the band, and while I enjoyed a lot his playstyle and I'll be missing him, this change might have been good in giving PT a new sonority.

After 13 years of hiatus, it is expected for the sonority of the band to change significantly, which indeed happens: C/C is probably the most complex album the band has ever created, embracing some of their psychodelic/textural side, abandoning a bit the metalish focus from their last albums and being more ambitious in their arrangements. SW extracts elements from his whole carrier: Harridan reminds me of Insurgentes, Dignify and Chimera's Wreck of GfD and HCE days, Walk the Plank of TFB with a strong Barbieri flavor and Herd Culling from TTB days.

As a result you get a quite diverse album and one that will take some listens to fully digest, as it is not as accessible as PT previous efforts. The 3 bonus tracks are also awesome and further develops the new sound, especially Never Have and Love in The Past Tense (this one with a strong The Incident inspirations).

A fantastic return and hopefully not their last!

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