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w00t! Thanks to Jack the Bodiless for tipping me off that this was coming out- I had no idea.
It's mostly covers- there are two original tracks, Passive (13th Step-type APC goth/metal) and Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of The War Drums- quite a radical industrial remix of Lullaby from 13th Step.
The rest are covers, all vaguely thematically linked as "protest songs". I guess this is APC's anti-war album, and I gotta admit there's something cool about the way they've done all the totally kick-ass covers of songs about peace. The high point for me is their take on Lennon's "Imagine"- still very low-key, but a lot more sinister than you'd imagine. They also do a totally fucked-up take on Depeche Mode's People Are People, Joni Mitchell's Fiddle And The Drum, and Marvin Gaye's What's Going On.
Musically they're at the top of their game (a phrase I've never understood but it seemed to fit) and getting further and further away from the lazy comparisons with Tool.
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