Seems there isn't one of these yet, so I thought I'd take the liberty of creating one!
EIMA is not Milliontown, and once I realised that I really began to appreciate the album. The first half of the album is definitely the most poppy, coming to a head with Saline, but once you hear Dear Dead Days you realise you're on "level 2" so to speak, with progressive elements really beginning to show themselves.
I will be honest though, I really yearned for more twiddly solos; it seems that these had been stripped away to produce a far more rounded album. In the next one I really hope we get a return of the far more progressive sound. That being said, EIMA does sound extremely relevant and does fit in with the current pop "landscape" whilst pushing the boundries, so it could be argued that that is progressive in itself.
Overall I'm very happy, and I will say it did live up to the hype. However the sudden ending bothered me enough that I created a Wonderland Falling Down hybrid in the style of the old Frost 2 preview! I would post it but considering it has such large chunks of the album it's probably not a good idea...
The DVD is worth it purely for the instrumental tracks, which I have found very enjoyable to listen to (especially halfway points in certain songs... *cough*) but it is lacking original content asides from this, but it's no biggie. Having an entire archive of the Frost* Reports on DVD is nice even if there aren't any new ones (correct me if I'm wrong).
Anyway, enough of me rambling, post your thoughts...
EIMA is not Milliontown, and once I realised that I really began to appreciate the album. The first half of the album is definitely the most poppy, coming to a head with Saline, but once you hear Dear Dead Days you realise you're on "level 2" so to speak, with progressive elements really beginning to show themselves.
I will be honest though, I really yearned for more twiddly solos; it seems that these had been stripped away to produce a far more rounded album. In the next one I really hope we get a return of the far more progressive sound. That being said, EIMA does sound extremely relevant and does fit in with the current pop "landscape" whilst pushing the boundries, so it could be argued that that is progressive in itself.
Overall I'm very happy, and I will say it did live up to the hype. However the sudden ending bothered me enough that I created a Wonderland Falling Down hybrid in the style of the old Frost 2 preview! I would post it but considering it has such large chunks of the album it's probably not a good idea...
The DVD is worth it purely for the instrumental tracks, which I have found very enjoyable to listen to (especially halfway points in certain songs... *cough*) but it is lacking original content asides from this, but it's no biggie. Having an entire archive of the Frost* Reports on DVD is nice even if there aren't any new ones (correct me if I'm wrong).
Anyway, enough of me rambling, post your thoughts...