THE PARALLAX II - FUTURE SEQUENCE

When a friend recommended this band to me, I could not get into their music. After listening to their more ambitious work such as Colors, and the Great Misdirect, I found myself "getting over" the vocals and really appreciating their musical diversity and talent. After listening to Parallax: The Hypersleep Dialogues, I honestly did not see this band surpassing their previous work or simply getting better. Then I got my copy of this album....

Holy S**T!!

I could not believe my ear holes. With excellent musical composition and more (welcomed) clean singing, it seems like these guys got even better at working together to make their music while still adding a touch of humor. I would have to say this is now my favorite album by these guys and one of my favorite albums of all time. For those who are turned off by the vocals, I encourage you to give a more patient listen to BTBAM's music as they might expand your musical preferences the way they did for me. As for the reviewers at Progarchives, I would hope they would give a less biased review of BTBAM's albums (and at least give ONE review for this album) instead of complaining about Giles' vocals(not as much to complain about on this album). Even if you don't like their music, you cannot deny the diversity and technical talent that BTBAM offers....

I try to listen to whole album from start to finish but if I had to pick my favorite songs, I would say "Lay Your Ghosts to Rest", "Telos", and "Melting City"

By the way, I avidly use this website to find new music and have listened to many albums posted yet I have only felt the need to write a review on two albums. This album is one of the two that I feel deserved a review.