Anathema - Weather Systems (Music CD)

After their second detour into greatest hitsville, Falling Deeper, Liverpool's Anathema return with a true follow-up to We're Here Because We're Here. What Falling Deeper accomplished with its reliance on chamber orchestration was to make the band comfortable with the string arrangements of Dave Stewart; they're used abundantly -- and to great benefit -- on Weather Systems. Daniel has written a set of songs that are more daring, harmonically ambitious, and poetically sophisticated than anything he's previously attempted. Weather Systems stands with Anathema's finest work. They've not only escaped the limitation of expectations, they've yet again exceeded them. ~ Thom Jurek