7.9 Well, the Program is getting better. This ought to be cause for celebration no matter which of two categories you fall into. Making it out of there unsullied by the dense fog of suckitude that hangs over everything is a victory in and of itself.
People are sort of funny about their music.
Because, if you can't do it with the time-tested ingredients, maybe you shouldn't be doing it at all. Like I said, people are funny about their music. They incorporate vibraphone, and on this release, a fair amount of Rhodes-style keyboard parts into their mix as integral elements. Far from gimmicky, the vibe lines add a chilly, ethereal stratum to the layers of mutating guitar phrases and the tight rhythm section. Rather than characterizing it as an added layer, it's more accurate to say that the vibraphone, by virtue of its timbre, actually illuminates the stratified nature of the music.