Thanks Voidship for expressing your thoughts and describing how you think about it. I liked to read it and i think i can somehow understand your arguements, but i have a different opinion about them. My interest here is not a fan-boy approach and try to convince everybody else that the new album IS superb, but just to exchange opinions and talk about it.
I think From Here is really a different Album to all the others, because it is the latest one and it has all the historys of all other Albums in it, obviously. So it is normal that we all have expectations about it, have thought about it before the release, had the two songs pre-released and build up our opinions and hopes for the whole Album.
I understand Voidship
I had this vague idea that choosing a remote studio in the wilderness would give birth to something more stripped-down and more experimental.
and that i can relate to very good. So if i were in God-mode i would have the guys really let loose, have them make 23 minute songs, have them doing improvised minimalistic experiments on instruments, well all i can think of and love to hear.
With the first listening of passing through i thought: well, this is such a strong text why have such a "weak" framework around it and "nothing to loose" should have had bombastic orchestration and such thoughts. But i find these are the ones i want to strip down, get rid of all expectations and shut off the comparison-mode, to be able to listen to.
And yes, everything sounds kind of familiar, kind of snippets here and there where you think about older songs and think: "well" this sounds like that or this is the same approach like.." and th epromise of something new seems not to be fulfilled.
But my motto here is: "there is nothing new under the sun", everything is inspired by everything and i feel no need to have something new, because i don't think that's possible or should be tried and forced. Of course i mean that not in a universal way, if they would do an Album, completely instrumental, with justin only playing piano, ceri drumming, dean on guitars, marshall humming and michael hitting a carillon, that would be new but otherwise it wouldn't. It would be music, an instrumental album, and that has already been done.
But again, a very good post Voidship, everbody has a different approach to the same group we all love.
Looking forward for more insights and opinions here...
