Yeah, it's worth picking up if you like Rush. Geddy's vocals are a lot more harmonically dissonant, Alex's seems to have picked up some punk guitar influence or something, and Neil is just beating the hell out of the drums. It's a different sound for them, but a good album -- doesn't hold a candle to Permanent Waves or Hemispheres, but I'd put it on par w/ Counterparts or so. The first track is some of their heaviest material for sure.
I'm seeing them on July 1 in Charlotte, NC. Woo hoo!!
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