Anybody else out there see this album as very much like Rubber Soul/Revolver-era Beatles? It sounds very laid back with excellent melodies and musicianship, with the bonus of pleasant and easy, non-challenging lyrics?
You've got guitar harmonies in the vein of "And Your Bird Can Sing" on "Impossible Germany" and the sweetness and sincerety of "Here, There, and Everywhere" on "Hate It Here", alongside that song's blistering references to the Let It Be/Abbey Road-era. And, as a sidenote, on top of that you've got the illustrious references to The Band, especially in the organ-fueled middle part of "You Are My Face".
I think they're just in that same mentality right now as those guys were, or they may be listening to those albums a lot, like how 'Pet Sounds' breathed its way in on 'Summerteeth'. It just fuses it's way in and with our guys, it's sonically perfect.
For me, I think it's one of their best accomplishments yet...up there in the top 3 of their catalog; and it's definitely encouraging that they are continuing to comfortably progress in a path that could lead to many great unachieved heights.
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Anybody else out there see this album as very much like Rubber Soul/Revolver-era Beatles? It sounds very laid back with excellent melodies and musicianship, with the bonus of pleasant and easy, non-challenging lyrics?
You've got guitar harmonies in the vein of "And Your Bird Can Sing" on "Impossible Germany" and the sweetness and sincerety of "Here, There, and Everywhere" on "Hate It Here", alongside that song's blistering references to the Let It Be/Abbey Road-era. And, as a sidenote, on top of that you've got the illustrious references to The Band, especially in the organ-fueled middle part of "You Are My Face".
I think they're just in that same mentality right now as those guys were, or they may be listening to those albums a lot, like how 'Pet Sounds' breathed its way in on 'Summerteeth'. It just fuses it's way in and with our guys, it's sonically perfect.
For me, I think it's one of their best accomplishments yet...up there in the top 3 of their catalog; and it's definitely encouraging that they are continuing to comfortably progress in a path that could lead to many great unachieved heights.