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A surprise-released progressive metal concept album exploring artificial intelligence and the cosmos.

Their most experimental album, incorporating avant-garde, electronic, and even show-tune elements. The surreal production (e.g., the distorted brass on “Nobody,” the ambient field recordings on “(O)rdinary”) requires a format that doesn’t introduce compression artifacts. iTunes Plus M4A, with its variable-bitrate-like efficiency at CBR 256, is ideal. the distorted brass on “Nobody