I need to take a listen to Fly From Here, I wasn't aware that it had been released until just now. Nice to hear that they're getting back into longer works, though I'm not sure how I feel about Benoit David.
Conclusion: extremely underwhelming. I don't even think that much of it can be blamed on Benoit David; almost all the songwriting seems to be pretty much going through the motions. (The title piece in particular suffers from being a handful of different songs transparently strung together, which I've heard in other long-form songs but
never in one of Yes's
) "Into the Storm" really seems to be the only track anybody gave much of a damn about.
As for the new kid...he sounds like someone took Geddy Lee and sucked out all the energy :/ I hate to say that, he's probably gotten enough flameage, but I really was not impressed.
Oh well. Plenty of great stuff from previous incarnations to listen to.
