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To A.M. Ward of Cambridge - you're right, Oceansize was not best band of the year as you question. They're the best band in the past 12 years. As music continues to devolve into the formulaic and most 'heavy' bands indulge in pop riffs or jump on the rap bandwagon, i.e. nu-metal, Oceansize comes along and raises the bar for future bands everywhere. With epic songs that are emotionally charged, lyrically and musically complex, they're a force to be reckoned with in the music world.

Fortunately (so I can continue to keep them all to myself), they'll probably never see much fame due to the average dimwit anxiously awaiting that new Audioslave CD or perhaps Linkin Park's new one.

If you're reading this review, do yourself a favor and pick this up. If forced to sub categorize them, I would file them under progressive metal, but not in the same vein as Tool or similarly sounding bands. They have a more ethereal sound which often shifts multiple times in a single song, but they definitely have chops, and some heavy duty ones at that.

i found this very disappointing.i had heard some of the earlier stuff and liked it,hence the reason for getting this album.this is somewhat different.i say somewhat because each song shows signs of their past with big amounts of promise but for some reason the singer changes it up in every song and they turn it into corporate rock/emo sounding.why they do this i have no idea other than to push more for the mainstream and $$$.i always find it disappointing when artists do this,liz phair anyone? as i see by my fellow reviewers i am alone in this thinking.oh well,i'm used to it.as i said,this album showed promise and would have been a 4-5 star if they just kept to their original style and didn't try to mix it up mid song,for every song.by the 10th track i turned it off to go do more important things.very disappointed.