Pictureplane's last full length was pretty good but hampered by a lack of variety. The palette of samples he used was too small overall and this made the album feel old quickly. Individual songs are great (such as "Goth Star") but there is too little variation for all of them to be winners in the context of a single album.
Pic seems to be countering that by playing with the tempo a little more and making each song more distinct from the others. There are more samples this time and less repetition, well as little repetition as there can be for Pictureplane: an artist working in a trance-like genre. The tell-tale trance piano chords still haunt the recording but this time they're put to a better use.
This is a much much stronger release than "Dark Rift".
Grade: B+
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