Anekdoten Apprecition Thread

I mean, the band is fantastic, but it doesn't jump out from the crown, if you know what I mean. Until The Ghosts are Gone changed that a bit, but just because it's easier to listen to than From Within, their undisputed apex IMHO. 

Up to that point they only managed to marginally emulate other bands, specially very early King Crimson without having anything specifically theirs, but with From Within they managed to have a distinctive sound which was, by leaps and bounds above everything they've put out up to then and from then. The album is VERY nuanced, uses light and dark VERY well and has that degree of spaciness their other albums lack. 

Until the Ghosts are Gone is easily their second best, it has their distinctive sound and the compositions are great and all, but it's "just" a very good prog album. If you have any sort of ground-level understanding or knowledge of it you can enjoy it, while I believe their earlier albums (Nucleus and From Within) are deeper than that. 

Still, fantastic band, I genuinely hope they can put another album as good as or better than their 2015 output.

A top three band for me so I consider myself to be maybe the biggest fan on this site. I've rated many of their albums with five stars, they just suit me perfectly. And the new one is their best in my opinion. I think I have all their stuff including the rare EP. I hope before I pass on that I can see them live, it will be one emotional experience if I do.

Argh! sometimes the modern world is the absolute pits totally SUCKS! this is in no way simple to answer but this is the fourth time posting this post...so here go`s firstly thank you Tom thank you for saying its nice to have me back, totally agree with you about the album too!  

^ Hi John !!
Better late than never
I have to say that I haven’t spun any Anekdoten for quite some time. That has got to change. Been obsessing over Metal, Devo, White Willow and Wobbler though !!