The opening title track is a symphonic instrumental prelude that is pure classical music. It has bombast and gentler modes.

Coming right out of the previous cut, this is a little understated early, but it rocks out as it continues. The vocal performance is so strong, but the musical arrangement is magic, too. It combines alternative rock, art music and much more into something so strong. The soaring vocals later are positively sublime.

A bit more straight rocker, this still has some intriguing artsy elements. There are some intriguing changes built into this thing, too. It also has some mellower moments.

The art rocking sound on this thing is so cool. There is a bit of an operatic vibe, but it’s also got plenty of alternative rock in the mix. This is one of the catchiest pieces here. Some dropped back sections bring an almost 1950s vibe.

Vocals and piano get us underway here. The track has a gentle majesty in this opening section. It turns dramatic and more powerful as it gets into the next section. The track continues evolving. It has some almost shoegaze like elements along with more mainstream rock, art music and more in the mix. It also has some hints of the most traditional prog stuff of the whole set at times. This is a particularly effective and accessible number. The spacey, shoegaze like excursion late is an intriguing touch that even makes me think a little of Alan Parsons. That segment serves as the extended outro.

Mellow instrumentation gets this underway. It drops to just piano for the entrance of the vocals. The wind instrumentation returns after a time. The number begins to gradually build out from there, but still remains mellower and understated. It drops to just piano around the halfway mark. Vocals rejoin after a time. It begins to rock out eventually with alternative rock meets art music vibes.

There is a trippy, atmospheric, spacey vibe on this that serves as the backdrop for the vocals. This has a real chamber music vibe. This is a fairly short number, but it features some great operatic soaring vocals.

Piano gets us underway there. The vocals come over in a classy, artsy way. It reminds me a bit of early Kate Bush. It turns more rocking after a time. While that Kate Bush reference is less present when it does, I can still hear it to some degree. This is an art rocker that’s bouncy and classy. The guitar work on this later is angular and rather freaky in a cool rocking way. The track just continues to shift and evolve with so much style and charm. There are also some more mainstream electric rock grooves later, and it almost turns toward metal for a moment before a short, edgy rock progression takes over to end it.

Art music and mainstream rock seem to merge nicely here. This has some cool shifts and turns. It’s catchy and at times very hard rocking, but it’s also unique and inventive. This works through a number of changes and turns positively rocking later. Even then the arrangement brings artsy angles. It really does have a lot of modern progressive rock vibes at play.

Piano starts things here. The vocals come in over that backdrop, but not in a balladic way. There are some blues and jazz elements at play as this gets going. The track works into some more rocking modes that combine art music and alternative rock into an effective and unique motif. The cut continues to evolve from there dropping to mellower stuff. This has some cool guitar soloing and lots of innovative changes later.

This is probably my favorite song on the whole disc, but I really love everything here. This one does earn a parental advisory for the lyrics. It starts a little tentative and has some artsy vocal phrasing. It turns more rocking after the first vocal section. Then after another vocal movement it really starts to rock out. Yet, it’s still decidedly artsy. The guitar soloing is classy, too.

Coming in dramatic, but also mellower and symphonic in nature, the first vocals come in over this mellower motif. The song builds gradually from there. There is some decidedly expressive guitar work later, and this thing gets so powerful in its symphonic art music arrangement. The cut seems to end. Then piano rises up with a fresh progression. Symphonic elements join and serve as a book-end to the classical arrangement that began the disc.