Coheed & Cambria - The Afterman: Ascension

i've been meaning to spin the new Astra and Angagard, too.

Retrospective - Lost In Perception

I have been away from prog for most of this year, so I've only listened to a couple of albums. Luckily one of them is pretty interesting, namely Storm Corrosion's s/t. The Rush album was a big disappointment to me, and the production certainly doesn't help.

Most of the feedback people have been giving that album has been pretty good, I thought it was fantastic as well. I'm curious as to what you mean by the production.

Probably Steven Wilson - Catalogue / Preserve / Amass for me, but I haven't listened to many.

Yeah, the majority seems to like it. By production I mean that I think it lacks dynamics (as in, it's bloody loud, though maybe mastering is to blame, not production) and it's also very dense, resulting in a lack of clarity. The lack of dynamic range is my main issue, though, production/mastering-wise. I know not too many people care much about such things, of course, why, you never see any music magazine mention this kind of stuff.

In comparison to their entire discog, I will admit that it's pretty bland. To me, it feels more like an AOR album and not a prog album.

Well, you like it anyhow, so it's not as if it matters what genre it belongs in. :)