Album Rating: 3.0
oh I really wish I liked this that much, and I really, really disagree about the “could’ve been an Alice In Chains album” bit.
Alice flirts with country from time to time, Scalpel being the most obvious example, but aside from that, those moments are so few and far between. And there’s absolutely nothing here that comes close to the heavier and sludgy tracks that they have, even if we’re just counting William era Alice. Nothing like A Looking in View, Drone, or So Far Under. If anything it feels like Jerry is really picking up where he left off with his solo records over 20 years ago.
I know Jerry is the main songwriter for Alice these days, but I can’t help but feel that he maybe should’ve had input from others. He legitimately has an incredible group of musicians here, but I feel like they bring absolutely nothing to the table aside from just being the “backing band”. Very tight performances, but lacking any personality.
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