My only prior experience with Pineapple Thief is with their 2003 album Variations on a Dream which I became briefly addicted to back in 2004. Briefly is something I literally mean, as I listened to it for one day only, but on that one day I listened to it on a loop for several hours while I packed up my things in order to move in with what would eventually be a huge mistake. I left it playing in my car as I packed it, only to find that I stupidly killed the battery. It was an omen, it was.

Even though that album had relatively little in common with Radiohead, it was easy to compare Pineapple Thief's use of mellow electronics and gentle guitars to them, though now that I listen to that album it's pretty clear that Pineapple Thief is more similar to Coldplay. Anyway, the only point I have in comparing them to Coldplay and Radiohead is to say that they've apparently changed up their influences because now they sound like Porcupine Tree and Muse, which should be pretty clear to you if you're listening to this track while reading my incessant rambling.

I think it's kind of effective. Variations' wimpy slow pieces just don't do it for me anymore, they sound contrived and insincere when contrasted against the wimpy slow pieces made by most indie bands today, so the newfound riff-based heavy guitar sound that is all over every single track on Someone Here Is Missing is actually welcome, and after an initial listen where I felt rather underwhelmed, I found myself coming back again and again. In fact, I'll probably listen to this album right now while I work.

As always, YMMV.