Leave it to FM to time their EP release on iTunes when users have been complaining that iTunes, the application, really sucks now, forcing people to use something else. I've only stuck with it because I am too lazy to go learn some other media player at this point.
Aside from that, the songs are just OK. Pretty bland, nothing spectacular. Maybe it's what Lindsey envisions as the FM sound now, but when you know he can get so much more interesting, it falls a little flat.
Great hooks on Sad Angel and Miss Fantasy, no question. The piano song is such a weird-ass choice, you have to wonder what the hell were they thinking. Was Lindsey trying to do Christine's role too? And how is this an FM EP when two songs don't even seem to have Mick on them?
Without You, aside from the horrible guitar tone, kind of drags on at the end. Would have been a great song if Lindsey had done some of the beautiful guitar riffing that he did on all the Buckingham Nicks material. This just sort of drags on with oos and aas, and it's kind of dull.
Overall, the production is way thick. Very modern, so I supposed this is what the kids want to hear. But it lacks dynamics. Really, the best production I've heard on Lindsey songs for a long time was on the This is 40 songs. It's organic and warm. This stuff just hits you over the head. It's typical of what producers do these days because they've convinced themselves that loud is better. But it isn't.
The EP is OK, but there is really nothing exciting about it.
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