Judging by the venue sizes this tour, it feels like they’ve rebounded pretty well from whatever happened a few years ago? I still don’t comprehend the saga there.
I remember going into Pitchfork ‘09 people being unsure how The National’s subdued Boxer would translate to a festival headliner set. They had been touring the album for 2 years at that point and figured out how to make those songs scale into anthems. I imagine Phoebe can make her songs work in larger setting, it just takes some time touring.
It took me a while to get onboard with NFR, but it’s continued to grow on me and is one of my favorite albums in recent year. On first listen, I agree this album seems intentionally less ambitious than NFR. Will give it more time before I form an opinion, but I’m glad it not being met with the intense backlash Tom alluded to.
Is this the first Something Corporate reference on Stereogum? Is 2001-2003 Drive-Thru records output gonna get the 20th Anniversary treatment over the next few years?
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