This is a double CD set from Nineteentwelve. Well, technically it's from that prog outfit and Omenopus, but the first CD is strictly Nineteentwelve. For that reason, it makes sense to look at the two separately. That first disc is quite probably my favorite of Nineteentwelve's catalog. Every song works so well. It has both familiar and unique sounds. It's just a masterpiece. The thing is, pretty much all of that can be said about the second CD, too. The sounds of the two are very different, but both are stunning, rich and vibrant. I'd recommend this one to just about any prog fan who is open to newer forms of progressive rock.

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Keyboards bring this in and gradually rise upward. It feels very much like Alan Parsons Project as it evolves from there. As a melodic guitar solos amidst this ambient tapestry later it calls to mind Pink Floyd to some degree. They work out into the song proper after the three-minute mark. When they do it makes me think of what you might get if you merged Pink Floyd and Marillion. The vocals come in, and the track keeps growing. It peaks around the six-minute mark. Piano takes over, and the cut gradually builds out from that point. It eventually gets pretty powerful again for a time, but then drops back to a piano solo again. They rebuild things from there. Melodic electric guitar rises up to deliver some killer soloing. That section gives way to another Pink Floyd like movement. They keep things moving and growing. There is a killer keyboard driven movement further down the road that is among my favorite music of the piece. Then the vocals take it to another dropped down movement before keys find the way out from there. It builds back out into the song proper, and that carries it through. At almost 16-and-a-half minutes of music, this definitely the epic of the set. It's also so powerful.

Sound effects get this going with an atmospheric texture. A spoken female comes in to deliver a science fiction log report. A cool, rubbery prog groove brings the track in from there. Male sung vocals come in over the top of this artsy, rather space rock based arrangement. There are definitely some industrial and techno angles at play as this drives forward later.