Originally Posted by
alanterrill
Mmm -that's another one we'll have to disagree on -it was the first of his albums I didn't like - I only kept Gaia from that. It wasn't just that the music was quieter it was the lyrics that suddenly changed -before he'd always gone for lyrics with two or more possible meanings, something that rewarded repeated listening, but with songs like 'His Best Girl' I just couldn't see more than one meaning and that one meaning was pretty banal.
As for Jim's comments about him coming back to life with the VDGG reformation -yes I'd largely agree -Singularity and Thin Air have some good work although they are sandwiched between Incoherence and Consequences, two albums I find unlistenable. Excluding Alt, the 3 VDGG albums have all had some great stuff on them but also some filler. I hope they take more than two weeks on their next one and produce a good all the way through album. They're certainly capable if only they'd spend a bit more time on them.
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