I actually like Congratulations a little more than Oracular Spectacular. I started out listening to Oracular Spectacular a couple years ago and then moved on to Congratulations only to be a bit disappointed at first. It took me a while to get into it, but right now I'd put it ahead. It's definitely a change of direction from Oracular Spectacular, and I think you're going to be disappointed if you're hoping they move back to the Oracular Spectacular sound. Everything indicates that they're headed in the Congratulations/Metanoia direction.
I think if they really wanted to they could keep putting out hit songs. They just don't seem to care to.
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