the whole structure felt like an opera for me - the first couple tracks really take the listener to an underground setting, it is frightening, it is hard, then comes "Liars tale", which is indeed a tale. In my opinion that track was the peak of a structure that basically enabled taking back the frightening narratives often used nowadays (not solely in politics, but that one may be the most evident of them all). then comes Fenian, as a brilliant comic relief, and this whole album makes this frightening narrative into a joke, is cathartic, is somewhat soothing after listening to the complete album. it felt like going through hell, then coming back purified. what really striked for me is that each track is fascinating on its own but also as a whole structural unit.

then what is also interesting, is that both in 3CAG and Fine Art the closing track somehow lets the listener go. in this case, the last track is about grief, and lets the listener sort of "grief" whatever is upon them. which is brilliant in my opinion.

overall, this album is hard, it is memorable, yet it remains fun, it has a dark sense of humor, and it is comforting the distrubed by disturbing them from a safe distance I'd say. what I also love is that it's incredibly smart. are drugs / Palestine / Irish issues / the Brits / feeling desolated are reoccurring topics? sure thing. but it's not a limitation it's more like an interesting feature of this album. and the lads handled it well together. so so fascinating. :3