THE OVERVIEW

Well. He did it again, at yet, not quite right, he did something entirely different. The Overview is an ambitious album, and follows such acts as the likes of Thick as A Brick or Tubular Bells, where two solid pieces coexist to create something different. Sonically it furthers the sounds of The Harmony Codex, taking sonic and stylistic distance from The Future Bites (not so much as from the lyrics). I feel there are some places where he tends to reproduce sounds already created and is leaning on his own palette and history to explore new sounds and compositions. I have to disagree with some other reviewers, a I don`t feel this extremely fragmented, or that the two suites/epics are written without a sense of cohesion. I think the fragmented cycles within the pieces, the silences and the relative chaotic nature of the album are designed by Wilson precisely to understand the view from up there. And of course I still think, the experience is what actually matters, this is an album planned for a LIVE experience, recommend to listen to It with headphones late at night.

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