Helios- Caesura

I've been pretty on board with most of the stuff Type Records put out in 2008 (my mind's still not made up on Xela's latest and I recused myself from review the latest two from Svarte Greiner and Sylvian Chateau 'lest I become the official Type reviewer for PM). However, Helios's latest, and his work in general, just strike me as kind of flaccid.

Here's my PM review of Caesura

I can't help, but think some of this relates back to recent comments by Impostume on music listening becoming a product of who you are when you're listening to it (something critics try to run from). The album reminds me a bit of Manual's Ascend, which I f'ing loved with it came out. After five years of seeking this type of music, I encounter it pretty often now (as I mention in the piece, many times in indie films). So often that it has lost its appeal to me. Whether this is because this specific recording doesn't "hit" as well or whether it's me who has a new set of ears, I don't know that you can specifically fault the artist for being five years late to my party.