I wasn`t waiting for a little masterpiece
I`m happy to get 6 new songs I can love at once, or after some more listenings - or not at all (only 1 song `till now)
JS often said, he doesn`t want to write a song twice, now that must be hard to read, that some of us oldies have the feeling that this seemes to happen now
Once we (sorry, I think you are 40+x, too) were young, now we`ve listened to so many songs, it isn`t easy to surprise us
My last new band I wanted all (cd, dvd, live-clips, gigs) and started to follow I`ve found more than 5 years ago -
still continue to listen to new bands, some songs touch me, some are fine, interesting - but not a must have
More than 30 years and only one song I dislike and 2 songs I`m not sure of now - that`s great (and so many other bands splitted or artists are dead or stopped and can`t spoil their work of the youth/mid age with later things)
Waiting for the october tour (and enjoying the warm september day)
I find the new songs a bit patchy, to be honest. A bit of an odd mix. Some great tunes, some not so great IMHO. Lots of bits that remind me of previous songs and albums. Like a mini Lost Songs of the last 10 years almost. But it's early days yet so I may well change my mind on some of the 'problem songs'.
Still a lot to like here but not the little masterpiece that I had hoped for. However, the live album is great and the artwork is excellent, too.
I'm glad that almost everyone else seems to like it, though.
