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Well, I view Jim leaving as just a parting due to interest.
I am glad at how things turned out though. I was extremely excited to see what Jim could bring to SY since I was a huge GDS fan as well as a fan of Brise Glace, but I guess I was expecting a more aggressive SY with him in the band which never really panned out.
I think I'm glad at how things have turned out because the album sounds more closer to the SY that I personally like more. I never did like NYG&F and to this day, I still try to pop that disc in and it is the only SY album that I really can't even listen all the way through. It is the first album that I really thought had some very boring songs, but that's just me. I also didn't like Murray St but Nurse was better.
I'm really just glad SY got back to melody with aggressive guitar and overtones. That's why I loved Evol, sister, DDN, Goo, Dirty and even Washing Machine more than any of the previous 4 albums.
But I guess it just depends on when you got into SY. I think majority of the fans that got into SY around Washing Machine and before will like this album much more than those who got into SY around NYG&F and after.
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