By Mike Waltz Twenty-two years after their last recording together, Liquid Tension Experiment LTE3 (released today 4/16/21 on Inside Out Music) found a way to reunite in July of 2020 (pandemic be dammed) to write and record this monster album. Mike Portnoy (drums), John Petrucci (guitar), Jordan Rudess (piano, keys) and Tony Levin (bass, chapman stick) release their long awaited third album entitled LTE3. ‘Beating the Odds’ is a tremendous second track. LTE comes out like a prize fighter, weaving precisely through odd time signatures. This song is a great example of these players ability to float around each other and come together in the perfect moments to deliver the punch. It definitely sets the table with some intense leads, builds and swells.