Anyone noticed any motifs from previous albums anywhere? The part at 3:20 in Echoes feels kind of reminiscent of the intro riff in Dystopia, just without the high pedal notes.

Yeah, production-wise it’s absolutely fantastic, and I don’t really feel like anything is weak or a slog to get through. I appreciate there’s more variety in tempos as well. Altered State is one of my favorite albums ever, and I thought Polaris and Sonder were pretty solid, but I swear everything since One has been pretty consistently mid-tempo.