Those are fair points, for sure. As for the newest album, I mean, I like it... but, I don't know... I think it might be the "toned-downness" of Maynard on it that makes not as good for me. Like, his voice is really just a 4th instrument in their band, and on this album it's used somewhat sparingly and not quite with the ferocity of past albums...
Does that make sense at all? I mean, musically, it's a great album... but for me, it's just missing a lot of my favourite instrument.
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