'Dear Science' is a total departure. It's a beautiful, gospelly album (I think Lex would actually probably like it) and it is full of these beat-driven, pretty pieces of melancholy. I have some uploaded which I will find in a minute but particularly give 'Crying' a listen if you can. It's nothing like 'Return To Cookie Mountain' on most levels. More like 'Staring At The Sun' off the first EP insofar as more blues, less rock and yet also this album is the 'fuck it the world's ending, let's fall in love or something' rather than 'ohmygodkillyrself' which the other two sort of are. along with a lot of fucking.

Slipknot's new one is political and released at the right moment... I suspect it will do better than would be expected but perhaps not.