Red Sparowes' sweeping guitar orchestrations thrive unbound by narrative, reliant on the merits and strength of their power alone. The Fear Is Excrutiating, But Therein Lies The Answer serves as a conduit where limitless amounts of imagery can reside within the grandiose scope of the quintet's lush symphonic vignettes.

Red Sparowes were suspiciously absent from the playing field over the last three years, and now it's apparent that they were busy drafting the grandest statement and finest achievement of their existence.