Sounds like I need to give 10,000 days another try. Was pretty underwhelmed and disappointed back when it was first out but its been a long time.

I have only listed a few times but felt things picked up well around the middle of the album.

have been listening to this & I agree with the OP. Its flat out good shit ! Not my fav APC album but still much better than all that hipster rock crap I've had to endure lately .

Some excellent guitar work in this album & of course Maynard's vocals are always badass.

I just wish Tool was on Spotify. Makes me a super sad panda.

So, so very much this.

I've got a pretty hefty list of good new(ish) bands out there to fill the Tool void. Tool/APC fans will enjoy these, so I'd highly recommend a listen.

Ceterum
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Cire
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Caligula's Horse
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Not on google music either. That's a large part of why I haven't listened to too them in year.

Here is some lesser known greatness

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They wont let themselves be put on any digital streaming service. Something to do with that they want the listener to listen to the entire album to 'get it' and they didnt think that letting people just pick and choose songs would accomplish that.