| There are so many things that are unfortunately wrong with the direction of their new album. Though the main reason for the experimental mess is because Jesse had let Vinnie construct most of the songs (i.e - lyrics, guitar) and sadly it definitely shows. This new album lacks what all previous albums what made them a joy to listen to. Mainly the lyrics, i can't stress this enough. Jesse had the most amazing lyrics where you could actually find some sort of connection with, making the song feel as it was intended for you. The lyrics heard on 'daisy' constantly talk about 'beds' (seriously, roughly 3-4 songs mention a bed of some kind. Is it intentional or do they have an infatuation with beds). The next point would be the instrumentation. The record is a complete mess, an 'experimental' mess to be precise. It tries too hard to sound raw and experimentally stripped down. Where i think they made their biggest mistake was by stripping everything that would have made each song sound alot more engaging. I think that they recorded the songs as soon as they wrote it, without much tweaking or re-tooling. Though i'd still enjoy this album if i was either intoxicated which is something, right? |
