Received this for Christmas.
Although it's highly self-referential to earlier Crimson work it's an excellent take on it, warranting many relistens. Lots of great stuff here, but if I had to choose, my favorite track for now is Vroom!
"The band had intended to record Thrak in such a way that two sets of trios would play at the same time (say, Bill Bruford, Try Gunn, Robert Fripp and drummer Pat Mastelotto, Tony Levin, second guitarist Adrian Belew) but in slightly different ways (time signatures, etc.) that would be separated in the sound field…
The only real example of this approach to be found is “VROOOM”: Pan your speakers left or right and you’ll hear two separate trios playing, you guessed it, slightly different versions of the same song. They merge back together as “Coda: Marine 475” begins."
(it seems the music's publishers are vigilant to keep the album version off of youtube). surprising. The live versions aren't as interesting.
Also finally, got the Grizzly Bear Shields album, which is just lovely. Here's one of my favorites from it. If the video is uncomfortable to watch, just listen.