You can almost see his mouth movements on the line about the thorn tearing his skin out. No, not just because Fuentes literally calls on guitarist Tony Perry to start the solo up, a lot of the melodies sound very… dated? In a positive way. I’m gonna hit you with an idea you might find questionable but hear me out this song has a classic rock ground working and delivery. It’s a tool so unlike Fuentes that he uses it as an intro, a post-chorus and an overall framework that, despite not changing, never truly feels out of place.

“Floral” isn’t built upon a riff or a harsh vocal, it’s built upon a rhythm section.

There is a tone change on “Floral & Fading” but it’s not an unwarranted one and I’m going to try to be open minded to the negatives here, if I can find any.

Now, so far we’ve only covered the three tracks on this record that the fans actually do jive with, but now we’re venturing into dangerous territory. It’s no wonder these records take so long to come out, he leaves not a single bell or whistle unchecked. All these little things make it so much more than a post-hardcore song, it’s a demonstration of how hard Fuentes works to make all these tracks pop. No instrumental of the song ever even really repeats except a chorus and even at that, chorus three is sonically totally different. A lot of little production choices are snuck right by you from a flute sounding intro, a drum and bass section at the end of the first verse, highlighting a lyric with amp feedback. This goes off so well in fact that you aren’t even paying mind to the mad-scientist-esque musicianship that he’s pulling off in the background. It’s as if Fuentes enters the booth without something written and just tells the mic a story from the recesses of his mind alone.

When I give you an example of how he writes I can’t just give you the line, I have to read you the entire passage. Paralyze your body sick and tired of waking up to burning eyes and cigarettes I’m falling into the couch like a suicide mission tonight. “Maybe I could swim into your thoughts like your drugs do. Another perfect example of that rant-like, storyteller style of lyricism The next track, the first on the record to be released, “The Divine Zero” is another perfect offering except for the fact that it has a fade out ending but I know that’s probably just a me-issue.

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