jason-cobb
I know I should adore this album. Everyone else seems to. But I find it a little meh. I get the raw energy, but the songs sound half-finished to me. It's not exactly a party floor filler, either. Sorry.
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I know I should adore this album. Everyone else seems to. But I find it a little meh. I get the raw energy, but the songs sound half-finished to me. It's not exactly a party floor filler, either. Sorry.
I want to like Smith more than I do. I just find little to enjoy here - the words are smart but maybe too smart- a case of overthinking at times. And same goes for the music. It’s done well, but perhaps too well to get across any real passion. It doesn’t move me. I guess all the elements are there but they just don’t stick, for me. I find it interesting that this gets mixed into the punk soup of the time - to me this is more about the old rock order of groups like The Doors, given a 70s update. I prefer this to The Doors, but it feels like a step - rather than a Great Leap - forward.