A couple of things that stand out to me when I listen to HIW is that there doesnt really seem to have been any upside to Franz departure and the themes from song to song are certainly not as related as past albums–its more like a collection of singles. It also kind of feels like Craig is holding back lyrically, I think I’m just used to them having an edgier message. That said, they are still far better than 99.9% of everything else out there…