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With age, SY have become better live. What they've made up for in precision has allowed them to take greater advantage of their unyielding improvisational skills. For me, The Eternal is a lot like all of their albums since Murray Street: built for the live experience. So, when I go to listen to a SY album, I typically put on something earlier, like EVOL, Daydream Nation or Washing Machine (also my autumn favorite, The Destroyed Room). That said, "Anti-Orgasm" and "Malibu Gas Station" are total gems in their studio incarnations. Songs like "No Way" or "Poison Arrow" really only come across live, though, in my opinion.
So, I think age matters, but not in the way we tend to imagine, in our youth, that it matters.
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