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Originally Posted by The Chain
I just hope, if there is a new project, it's a little more collaborative in spirit.
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I think it will be, to be honest. The Dance only partially reunited them-- the chemistry was revived but only applied to old, classic songs. There's a big difference between creating music and playing music; at the beginning of Say You Will, those four people had not created music together in 15 years. Plus, both Lindsey and Stevie went into the recording of SYW with recent successes in their solo careers and that mentality carried into the studio.
Now, they've spent the past few years very united as a band. Although Lindsey and Stevie have both maintained their solo careers, they now have the band at the forefront of their minds because its been their main professional focus.
I think we will have a better, more well-rounded album in the future-- as long as it is not put on pause for solo work. If we get a bunch of leftovers from solo albums like we did on SYW, the disconnection will continue.
Hopefully, Lindsey will realize that he can still be experimental and have artistic merit while still considering the band. Hopefully, Stevie will adapt to it and maybe use some of Lindsey's mindset to add to her own work.
There's no doubt in my mind that we
could get a seriously great record. I just don't want the band looking at SYW like they did at Tusk and making a commercial album to follow it, hoping for a better result. At this point, anything too commercial might just sound old.