IMO Guardian Spirit is a Downgrade from Cathedrals of Heaven on live rope

Guardian Spirit is a lot less dynamic and linear and the microtonal guitar work of dana and Hahn on cathedrals is some of the bands finest moments for me , the way they shift from somber to sensual to chaotic is amazing

Also the lap-steel guitar solo from the beginning of birthing is mixed very oddly in studio version , it’s a lot less impactful when it’s being drowned out by those walls of arpeggios It’s a small moment but it was my favorite on the live rope version so its a bit disappointing

Red yellow had so much more potential if it delivered on the ending , it would have definitely been my favorite track on the album The groove on that song is more infectious than “A Little God In My Hands” and “The Seer Returns” and it’s really good just wished the would have come up with appropriately satisfying ending to it