A friend of mine sent me a message that simply said "Check this alb

	A friend of mine sent me a message that simply said "Check this alb
	out" and linked to this album:

	"Carving Desert Canyons", by Scale the Summit

	Here are my thoughts, written live, track by track, as I listen to
	album for the first time.

	Bloom - love it, like Coheed and Cambria (henceforth known as C&C)
	vocal

	Sargasso Sea - don't like the beginning, don't like the riff about
	1:30 in, not a fan of this song in general

	The Great Plains - feels too fast in the beginning but resolves nic
	back into a C&C sounding tune, about halfway through and its got a
	of an Opeth feel, like Opeth meets C&C, ending goes a bit long, whi
	is strange since I like Opeth, overall a really nice song

	Dunes - this one feels heavier than the previous tracks so far, in
	good way, drummer is making some questionable decisions (IMO of
	course), halfway through starts to feel a bit generic like a filler
	track, getting bored now with a minute still to go, it just keeps
	going, I applaud the dual/harmonized guitars but overall... meh

	Age of the Tide - oo... something different! I dig this so far, les
	progressive and musically challenging than the others so far, that'
	good thing since it's a nice break from their other stuff while sti
	being a solid track that's identifiably their sound, when in doubt
	throw in a scale or two, nice metal-ish 16th's in the guitar pickin
	there, extremely Opeth-sounding guitar solo here (love it!), oh yes
	those kick triplets, this is probably my favorite track so far, wit
	Bloom a close second

	Glacial Planet - slowing it down, I like i... wait, nope, y'all got
	me, back to business as usual, nice intro though, breaks up the
	monotony a bit, chug chug chug... chug chug chug... chug chug chug
	chug..., this is a lovely mish-mash, very appealing, 2:40 is
	wonderfully rhythmic, this is one of the more Opeth sounding tracks
	far, especially on the drums, oh yeah, 3:30, very Opeth, contender
	best track, easily top three, not the ending I expected, almost a R
	Against the Machine style ending

	City in the Sky - More of the same, like the double-time around 0:4
	back to the C&C sound, nice guitar triplet picking, guitars sound a
	bit Iced Earth-ish (the picking and the sound/effects), bass solo!,
	this bass solo could be on an SNES RPG soundtrack, I might have mix
	the arpeggios a bit lower in volume, hello sudden guitar flair, are
	those high notes in tune?, our first fade out!, average track, good
	but didn't blow me away

	Giants - after the last song's fade out and the build-up intro I
	expected something different, something a bit more, not much to say
	this one, interesting little breakdown heavy part there, this is th
	longest track?, hopefully they go somewhere interesting/different w
	this to justify the length, three minutes in now, meh?, good not
	great, interesting drumming just now, that's promising, I fear they
	were a false lead, you know who does "play this riff forever"
	correctly?, Opeth, that's who, this song has some identity issues,
	want to like this song, by all rights I probably should, but meh, s
	minutes in now, almost over, I feel the last bit of this song is
	supposed to have more of an overall triplet feel but fails in that
	regard, really guys?, after all that (the whole album) you end on a
	held chord?, feels a bit of a cop-out ending

	Final thoughts:

	Overall I like it, but couldn't listen to too much of it too
	often. The individual talent is undeniable. There's no way to liste
	to this and not think "Oh, it's Coheed and Cambria meets Opeth with
	vocals". That's not a bad thing.