nickd422
did-not-listen
As with the other album by this band in the book, this is a lot of fun. I do think it’s variety hurts it in the age of ALL THE MUSIC EVER IS AT MY FINGERTIPS. My thinking here is two fold - 1. It never really gets a groove, it just keeps moving on to the next thing. 2. I feel like this would need ten to fifteen listens just to start to grasp all that is going on. These aren’t really problems with the album but more a statement on the consumption of music nowadays, if you’re caught up in the endlessly self defeating listen to as much new music as possible or like me find yourself in rabbit holes of discovery - it’s hard to make a case (for the album oriented listener, anyhow) for an album that plays like a playlist as opposed to a singular vision. It is probably my own baggage keeping this from wowing me. I do like the almost survey of all popular music since 1966 feel of it, I almost think it accomplishes this better than the Blur Rubbish album. The psychedelic through line is very cool and inventive. I feel like if I had discovered this earlier or had a vinyl copy of it, I might have put the time in with it but under the auspices of on to the next thing… it’s hard to think there is much here to draw me back except for potential and the stature of the album.