Album Rating: 3.5

Luminary is completely fine as a 3 minute opener imo lads

Album Rating: 3.0

Cut everything from that song except that one good riff in the beginning and the song would be a better song and a better opener

Album Rating: 4.5

Luminary would have been better if it was expanded upon more, the components it does have are good. But it's just too short, too predictable, too generic of song structure. Hence making it feel bland and dull by extension.

Man I haven't heard this in a while. I remember King was a killer

Same. I should check this again now that you mention it.

I do remember getting a good chuckle out of the binaural version or whatever they called it lol

Binaural version? That's the first I've heard of such a thing.

Album Rating: 3.0

It totally wasn't what you'd hope it would be from the name

Album Rating: 3.0

Polaris grew on me after a bit. This one........



Dan (and Anup) should have staid with Skyharbour, and Ashe should have stayed with Tesseract. At least if this was the guitar style they insisted on going with anyway (though I'd argue the underpinnings were there on ONE, just mixed in a way it wasn't so in your face)

And why Dan The God Vocalist wont show his true chops since coming back is just perplexing AF! All the vocal work he did while away, One included, is friggin' masterful. I just don't get it. It's not like he hasn't performed some lusciously melodied over hard low dent dent denty dent before, or more!



"it was expanded upon more"

This is serious a huge issue since Polaris. Too many moments that have me at a certain level of immersion and awe, but then it goes straight back to the typical-esq djent thing. Seems clear that's on purpose, but they need to not lol.

Album Rating: 4.0

still love this

Album Rating: 3.0

"And why Dan The God Vocalist wont show his true chops since coming back is just perplexing AF! All the vocal work he did while away, One included, is friggin' masterful."



It's easy tbh. Dan isn't a god, he is human. One isn't masterful, it's (as Dan said in interviews) impossible t9 perform live the way he did it on record. That's because he was young and dumb back then and didn't have the understanding that vocal lines that are hard have to be performed every night in tour ...

And then there is the aspect of vocal health. You really have to look at what your voice is good at and build from there, instead of pushing in one direction and hoping your voice will submit to your will. So Dan puts stuff on record that he is comfortable with for live performances. Have lots of respect for that approach tbh.

But still, Tesseract as a whole really grew off me

Album Rating: 2.5

Yeah this didn't grow at all. Polaris is starting to be my favourite record of theirs

Album Rating: 2.5

Everything this band has made after Altered State is crap

Polaris was fine though not as good as the last two

Album Rating: 3.0

Altered State > One > Polaris >>>>>>>>>>>> Sonder

I say AS and One are on the same level,I haven't listened to Sonder in sometime but from what I remember, it didn't really have as many standout moments. All in all, I'd say that ranking is pretty accurate.

Album Rating: 3.0

"And then there is the aspect of vocal health. You really have to look at what your voice is good at and build from there, instead of pushing in one direction and hoping your voice will submit to your will. So Dan puts stuff on record that he is comfortable with for live performances. Have lots of respect for that approach tbh."



In one was I suppose that's fair. In the other, his stuff over time says otherwise though I guess that explains why things turned out the way they are. Skyharbour definitely wants to stretch their legs, presumable more than Dan's comfortable with (partially anyway. Who knows what all went on behind the scenes with all involved parties)



At the same time, it's not like he doesn't work his chops on Sonder, even if it is just in doses.

Album Rating: 3.0

"Luminary is completely fine as a 3 minute opener imo lads"



This! I honestly feel like I'm missing something if I skip over it. To be fair, it has a few ideas that I find playing in my head that I come back to. Sadly thats the overarching issue. As mentioned, too many moments that really should have been expanded upon

Album Rating: 4.0

Looks like im the only person who still likes this the most from their cathalog

Album Rating: 3.0

If you cut the double track and Luminary, it's a killer EP honestly. What remains would be Tesseract at their best imo