Yeah - very wasteful, especially as the guitars are so lovingly made! His wailing does get a bit (totally) incomprehensible sometimes, and they are still doing the rock/dystopia theme again, and again, but there are some quality tracks. The 2nd Law is half a great album, with some very good lyrics, and ofc Origin of Symmetry is outstanding. I do like the drumming - a lot of it could be done in a far more straight ahead style, so it adds a nice dimension to the music.