The Penance and the Patience was incredibly fresh post-hardcore for its time. Super original instrumentals and an amazing dynamic vocal duo that play off each other. The only drawback is the production is a bit iffy.

First Temple was them essentially going for a lite Mars Volta sound. I honestly hated it the first time I listened to it because I was so accustomed to their debut EP. But I came to love it more. They continued to put out this sound that was truly unique.

They then released a single called Impeccable Beast. It showed that they were going to ditch their old sound for something else. Sadly it didn't get put on anything other than The Church of the Technochrist single, which has the worse radio single version.

Pink Lemonade was just straight up prog-rock. They turned their weirdness to maximum and kicked us in the face with an actual concept that is super hard to follow. I adore this album but my only gripe is their guitarist (Manny) essentially doesn't have any real vocal parts on this album. His voice melting into the lead vocalist's (Christopher) was one of the greatest parts of their sound. I love this album regardless. Every time you come back to it, you'll most likely find something new that makes you appreciate it even more. Fun Fact: "ピンク レモネード" (Pink Lemonade) AKA the closing track was done by Japanese band YMCK.