Of the four guests Moss has with him on this record, one name is bound to draw most of the attention: Danny Cavanagh, of Anathema fame, helps out with lead electric guitar (and also piano on one track). Moss does all the vocals and acoustic guitar, with three other guests on violin, bass guitar and percussion. The songs tend to incorporate both acoustic and predominantly electric guitar led passages, and these are usually meshed together very well. The songs follow their course with great character, rather than sounding like they were built with the purpose of getting a certain chorus across, for instance.

The nine songs on offer are unfailingly good; the one thing that prevents me from giving the album a 9 out of 10 is its difficulty to reach quite the level of brilliance found on "The Weight of the World" and "Epitaph" from _Planetary Confinement_, even though it has some really outstanding moments of its own. Having said that, this is an excellent album that I've enjoyed more than anything Anathema have put out in quite a few years. Moss's Antimatter seems to have a very bright future ahead.