this is very much a throwback to the space that peter gabriel & kate bush were working in in the early 80s, and i'd suspect this person is a gigantic tony levin fan. it's so easy - and common - to water this down to the point that it's boring and where this seems a bit better is that it doesn't commit that error. while derivative and backwards-looking, it's also legitimately
interesting and that's rare in the genre, nowadays.