First Impressions of a Rainbow

I've been privileged to have a first listen of Coheed and Cambria's new album out April 13, Year of the Black Rainbow, and I have to say I quite like it. It doesn't come off as nearly pretentious as their previous releases, and seems to focus more on standard song structure and less on the overarching concept of the whole Armory Wars nonsense. It also features what's probably Claudio Sanchez's best work in "Pearl of the Stars". I'll definitely be picking this up when it comes out.