I saw this on Pitchfork and thought 'I really hope Stereogum just sort of rises above the pack and doesn't publish this crap, because it's horrible.' And yet, here we are. :(
This is coming from a long time RHP and SKM fan: Eh. Listening to it on repeat today made me realize I don't really care for him any more. Not saying it's bad, maybe I've just moved on. I wanted to love it.
yeah, this whole article seems like 'snark snark snark, cure used to be cool, now they suck, etc, etc, but maybe?' i think they still have one good, elder band statement to make, and they still kick the shit out of almost everybody else live.
i'm going to have to go ahead and agree with pitchfork on this one. not with the comparison to mogwai's past (i guess no one will get over that) but because the first two released tracks were kind of a feint, and the rest of the album just sounds like mogwai. not that sounding like mogwai is such a bad thing, but i have to admit i'm pretty disappointed with it so far. it seems a bit inert.
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