Hindsight (Anathema) (LP 566 - 567)

Anathema We're Here Because We're Here (CD, K Scope, 2010) *** 

Anathema Weather Systems (CD, K Scope, 2012) ****

Genre: Prog rock 

Places I remember: JB Hi-Fi (Palmerston North)

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Everything (WHBWH)

Gear costume: A Simple Mistake (WHBWH) 

Active compensatory factors: These two are linked in my imagination by the spoken word sections - used much more affectingly on Weather System.

I like some songs on We're Here Because We're Here (the two above are standouts) but Weather System seems much more cohesive as an album and Lee Douglas is more successfully integrated into the band. Plus Vincent Cavanagh's vocals are really strong throughout the album.

Weather System is an appropriate title too. I get a really strong autumnal feeling from the record - great for those pre-winter lead in months.

Where do they all belong? A couple more Anathema albums to go before we're up to date.