In the ever-quickening landslide of luscious synth pop emerging stateside, Gary War sounds very comfortable with the state of affairs as "Thousand Yard Stare" surges forthright from the starting blocks. The influences are borne on the sleeve, but Greg Dalton's alter-ego seems primarily concerned with contorting the groundwork of Gary Numan and co. into a disorientating melee of wobbling rhythms adrift at sea and myriad layers of melody, while his own vocals drown with glee. It's a maddening end result that will divide listeners, but beyond the camp histrionics of the music there is an incredible level of detail just waiting to be peeled back and understood. That said, this hardly comes on as music to be taken too seriously.