^Love Jóhannsson myself, but there's not too much parallell to begin with, I think. Driver started out pre-Maudlin with an idea of transcending the "avant-metal" badge, although I personally don't think he did so until forming Kayo, whose lyricist -Jason Byron- from what I grasp is a published poet et al.
He counterplaces the mechanism and mandate of vocals, though - and their nature differs radically from instance to instance - but I wouldn't want to hear pieces like "Immortelle" or "Right Hand" without them for the life of me.
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