I actually enjoyed this alot more than 5 or 6. Mainly because the mystery is back, up until War Machines I never said to myself "oh they did this when they did Lifeforms etc. I gave up on figuring out which period it came from and just enjoyed the music. There's a fair amount of drums in the first half which is cool. And yeah War Machines appeared a couple of times during the Dead Cities transmissions, and Switzerland is two minutes shorter than what was leaked a while ago.
The Archive series is a very cool nostalgia trip, yet I do miss the more focused themes of the Lifeforms and Dead Cities periods, where they, as demonstrated on the Archives, made a multitude of tracks tied to a theme or style, and nearly everything they did during that period (live/merchandising etc) is tied into that theme as well. I think FSOL are quite capable of making another statement of that kind again, but of course heaps of factors need to be in place to concentrate on something like that again, so the Archives/Envi series will do until then, if ever.
My favourite part is the trio of Mistaken/Old Train/Heat, but seriously its very enjoyable as a whole. So... basically everything that's archived is going to be released... looking forward to From The Archives 15 then!
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