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by burpgun » Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:47 am
Also count me in the camp of folks were pleasantly surprised. Of all the material SY alumni have released out this pushes the boundaries the hardest, and it's the most surprising because my guess is that KG was least positioned to do it.
As a long time SY fan, I've respected her work with the band but most of the reason why we listened came down to Thurston and Lee's guitars, and my sense is that Thurston was the main driving force on the song writing front. Thurston seems to be keeping that flame going as a solo artist but it's a familiar road now, and he seems to have burned a lot of good will due to personal stuff. KG's sort of known for being "cool" but she's not much of a player, so to me, at least, she seemed least well positioned to do what she's done with this record, so that's an achievement.
That said, most of the heavy lifting on this album is the guy who did the beats, which are the coolest thing on the album. Kim just does what she does, sort of lazy ryhmes and breathy chants and some guitar noise, it's the beats that elevate the whole thing, and I hope the programmer dude gets his due.
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