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I actually like Shields better too. And I know some people like Yellow House the best. I think this is the consensus pick though? Or maybe I'm mistaken.
In all seriousness it's because unlike some of my co-workers, I just recently got into Denzel and I haven't taken a proper dive into his music yet. But the post is updated accordingly, thanks!
Every time I listen to I Am Easy To Find, I figure I MUST be near the end and then I find out I am only eight or nine songs deep. I do agree with Ryan that the second half is more consistently rewarding, and I appreciate it more as moments from individual songs begin to imprint themselves on my memory. But I think the true conversion point will be experiencing the songs live, which was true for the last couple records as well.
You know what, I just remembered Michael saying "Harmony Hall" and "Jerusalem, New York, Berlin" were the best songs Ezra's ever written, so seeing as "Harmony Hall" was an advance single (and our #1 song of the week upon release!) I guess he would have voted for "Jerusalem, New York, Berlin"
Also I'm not sure which VW song it would have been! I would have voted for "Stranger" and James would have voted for "Sympathy" and Julia would have voted for "Rich Man" and I don't even know which one Michael would have voted for but you get the point.
We are erring on the side of not including tracks from new album drops when we've already heavily covered the release. Like, we easily could have picked VW and Big Thief songs to go here, but we've communicated our love for those albums extensively by now. Why not spread the love?
I dropped it in there days ago (I tend to fill in the lower sections of the column whenever I have a spare minute throughout the week) and tbh I don't even remember what it was. But I went ahead and swapped in Lizzo and Frank.
