It's strong as a collection of songs.
But it lacks as an album. There seems to be minimal cohesion compared to previous attempts by the 5 (albeit missing 1 of the 5 probably plays heavily into it)
This feels then, and now like two solo albums with a terrific rythm section smashed together.
Tusk was strategic disconnect by design, and it works. This is disconnect by circumstances, and it doesn't work. I'm incredibly grateful for those songs, especially given how little we got after, but an "album" in the normal sense is not really what this turned out to be.
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