If you've heard of Karnivool and Dead Letter Circus, then you may as well have heard Forever The Optimist's debut LP, which offers nothing we haven't already heard from the prog-rock genre. Having said this, the album is well polished and delivered with intense conviction – the Brisbane-based quartet are probably well aware they're not breaking any new ground, but you get the impression they couldn't care less. While a lot of the songs tend to blend into one another, with the exception of the slower-paced Chiral Part I, Arecibo is still an impressive debut.
