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Manipulator
Rock · 2007 · 16 tracks · 1h 2m

Manipulator

The Fall of Troy

A neon-lit collision of math-rock precision and pop-punk hooks. Frenetic guitar tapping meets soaring choruses in a high-wire act of technical post-hardcore.

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It's like a math textbook that somehow learned how to write pop hits and then drank six espressos.

A manic, high-speed collision of technical anxiety and infectious melodic euphoria.

Manipulator · vs · The Fall of Troy
Falsetto+2.4σ

The vocals lean far further into falsetto than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks · 1h 2m
01
I Just Got This Symphony Goin’
5:33
01
Cut Down All the Trees and Name the Streets After Them
2:38
02
Ex‐Creations
3:22
02
The Dark Trail
4:31
03
Quarter Past
4:51
03
Cut Down All the Trees and Name the Streets After Them
2:56
04
Shhh!!! If You’re Quiet, I’ll Show You a Dinosaur
3:01
04
Problem!?
1:56
05
Semi‐Fiction
4:27
06
Oh! The Casino!?
2:18
07
Sledgehammer
6:02
08
Seattlantis
4:02
09
Ex‐Creations
3:09
10
Shhh!!! If You’re Quiet, I’ll Show You a Dinosaur
2:44
11
Caught Up
2:30
12
A Man a Plan a Canal Panama
8:21
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition into the soaring pop-inflected chorus of Ex-Creations that feels like a sudden burst of light.
The sprawling eight-minute odyssey of A Man a Plan a Canal Panama where the technicality reaches a fever pitch.
The jarring, stripped-back vulnerability of Caught Up featuring only a lone guitar and voice.
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