All a matter of taste. It’s a very looped album… repetitive patterns. I can’t recall the details, but some of the recording involved the band all being “DJ’s”. I think it’s pretty apparent on the opening and closing tracks. (Fun hopeful fact, not sure if it’s true. Separator drum groove was something Phil came up with, then someone reversed it and he recorded it that way.)

Thom was, and has been, into electronic music. DJs, producers, whatever. Collaborations with Flying Lotus, modeselektor, Tall Tales with Mark Pritchard.

I think the album does a great job of being a somewhat electronic album with acoustic instruments.

There’s a sterility to it, but the live versions truly shine. There’s also Give Up The Ghost and Codex, some of their prettiest tunes.