I had Rather Ripped long before it's street date and that didn't spoil my appreciation at all. If anything it was fun to go buy the "new" SY album that I already knew front to back.
Same with Mr. Moore's new album -- how can you not listen to it? I say it's a welcome departure from what the band does, and a deliberate one at that. My only qualm is that maybe he didn't go far enough down that detour, and a couple of songs sound like they could've been off of Psychic Hearts.
But whoever said this isn't a summer record, it sounded pretty lovely from my porch in Burlington yesterday.
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