Average Rating: 3.00 Rating Variance: 0.00 Objectivity Score: 85% (Well Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name3.0 goodTesseracT PolarisThis review perfectly elucidates my thoughts regarding this album. I was very excited to hear it, and after five listens, I am entirely underwhelmed. "Passable" is the perfect word for the album. The musicianship is superb, as always, but the songwriting took a rather significant step backwards. After the intense boundary-pushing on Altered State, I expected a similar push forward on Polaris, or at the very least, a refining of the newly-discovered palette. Honestly, the introduction of the saxophone on "Calabi-Yau" had me hoping for even more jazz-fusion experimentation, but instead, we got something a bit more akin to muzak. That's probably an overly harsh statement, but I am definitely disappointed. Maybe it will grow on me in time, but I have significant doubts about that. Bummed.
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