Only now Existing is mostly indie rock with a strong synth pop influence to it which can be found in a vast majority of tracks. I'm not a big synth fan. The first track left a funky taste in my mouth then the second song, "Instinct", was about to leave the same taste and left me enjoying it quite a bit with some very tight guitar riffs, cool lyrics and all around good musical quality.

These guys should tour with Radiohead or Tool. Their musical styles would mesh perfectly with either of those two groups - even Manson could be listed as a good a pair. It's like pairing wine with food. "Puppet" is politically driven and is rocking out to the end zone despite its synth sound in much of it. It has a crushing chorus you can stomp to.

I guess the real beauty about this group is that could play them at the Rave or take some tracks to the gym on your MP3 or rock it out with your crowd slam dancing. It's a versatile CD with tracks for nearly every fan of Indie tunes. If you like bands like KMFDM, Radiohead or Tool then you will definitely find something to listen to from Only Now Existing.

Listening closely to the lyrics you can begin to understand just how political these guys are. It's masked and disguised under all that eleckronica synth sound, but it's there - you just need to listen to it and begin to understand the statement their attempting to get across. Especially with their song "Disciple" which takes old fogies back to the Branch Dividians and David Koresh.

Stand out track on this album is, in my opinion, "Inside of You". It's very soulful. Monotone but yet manages to be very full in verse and musical content - a difficult task to say the least. It has anger and it has angst. It's absolutely great in my eyes.

I have to, of course, mention the title track. "Escape Artist" begins slow, almost ballad like with echo vocals laid on. It begins to pump up the music with the vocals remaining the same slow, paced words. Normally it would annoy me but it works extremely well and I find myself being drawn to the work more. Only two songs really get under my skin. One of which is "Conquest" and the other is "Last Breath" - both I found to be overly done with the synth whine. Other than those two I see no major flaws and even in those two songs they are how they should be for this style and genre of music.