Thanks for the link. I haven't read his article in depth, but from a quick skim of his thesis statement, I have to agree. It's the first thing I noticed about the album (and about the Test For Echo album before it). It's also the kind of thing discussed in this article which I link from the dynamic compression section of the FAQ. He also makes the call for "enough is enough".

The overall sound of the album is very cold and very super-saturated. The entire sonic spectrum is filled to bursting from beginning to end. There's no air, no room for a sonic "breather".

The production on the album is so oversaturated that I'm having trouble even listening to the songs themselves at all, to find out if I even like them. It's hard to see the forest for the trees.

I say bring back Broon and let's get some warmth and some air back into the production.