nice but he used to use tragedy and not be an ambient act

very annoying, and so a success

less damaged, some chest voice here. still serves

lyrics as good as ever but it's less ice queen than bored nightwatchman.

quite tame. sounds like the Replacements

short of good and evil

teetering right on the edge of going sub-Arcade Fire (rather than their previous nearly-unique position as nice, interesting black metal) but it's a good tightrope

More Lou Reed than David Peel at this point. The aesthetic and topic is laziness and ennui, but there's a lot of work in these songs

"HANNYA" is a huge surprise. Little bit of Smashing Pumpkins / Team Dresch out of nowhere

no seriously wait for track 5

it's always impressive to make a new sound, more impressive to do so using familiar elements. motorik made lush

pop punk underneath

obviously mega kitschy but sometime in the last 20(!) years they gave up on the tiresome Malmsteen shit and just left the theatre kid without a theatre bit

I don't mind it, just as I don't mind you using training wheels if you need them

in case EITS was too exciting for you

lovely but not electrifying like the others

apart from anything else one of the all-time great works of music production

what the band offer us is a return to the badass instrumentals of the 1950s - Peter Gunn, Misirlou, Mannfred Mann. 6 melodies per track, 3 at the same time

more interesting than almost any 50s record record outside of jazz

very british