This is the newest album from progressive rockers Nineteentwelve. I should mention that John Pierpoint, who is Nineteentwelve's bassist, is someone who has been a regular contributor to MSJ in the past, and someone I consider a friend. That said, I'm good at doing unbiased reviews, so I don't perceive an actual conflict of interest.

So, with that out of the way, I think had this album come to me from another act, I probably would not have landed it under prog. There are some proggy tendencies. There are songs that are more prog oriented. Overall, though, this seems more of a mainstream alternative rock set. I would say that the vocal arrangements are probably the most consistently unique thing here, and they have a great tendency toward complexity. This is definitely a solid entry in the catalog of this group, but that more mainstream nature means that there are others from the group that I prefer. That literally is a matter of personal taste, though, and is no reflection on quality.

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