minus the bear

these days, katboy is skyin' on minus the bear, a seattle prog supergroup of sorts whose latest alb, planet of ice, he likens to no knife and the mars volta, "without the things i don't like" (like the mars volta's shrill voxxx, i'm guessing). dig the closing track "lotus." while the nasty narrow-minded jade in me says, "hmmm, an emo yes, minus the gtr solos?," it's impressive stuff, the emotive heft of which doesn't get overwhelmed by the technical accomplishment. they be's at the palladium in dallas on 10.21.2007. fans of urizen, addnerim, and the underground railroad take note.