tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26803842.post2630240883531657150..comments2023-09-12T10:28:00.525-04:00Comments on mincetapes: 07 is sleeping 08 is burning!K. Ross Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07153047422374716535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26803842.post-61074339387571950032008-01-21T00:43:00.000-05:002008-01-21T00:43:00.000-05:00was the album any good? i pretty much wrote them o...<I>was the album any good? i pretty much wrote them off after good news,</I><BR/><BR/>I really liked the new one, possibly more than <I>Good News</I> (which I liked, but seemed like some uneasy transitional phase into...well, something, not sure what)...it kept some of the hi-fi grit from <I>Good News</I> and got a few throwbacks to the lo-fi grit pre-<I>M&A</I> and brought in the Shins dude without him seeming like a "special guest" (quite pretty harmonies, actually). And the album itself really finds a nice steady pace after "dashboard" (and maybe the non-single-that-coulda-been-the-single that I think comes after it), more comfortable with resignation than <I>Good News</I> was (<I>Good News</I> was, like, "about" resignation, which isn't the same thing).Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13148394237957464053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26803842.post-81272396663040385382008-01-21T00:32:00.000-05:002008-01-21T00:32:00.000-05:00"Piece of D.A.N.C.E.," obv."Piece of D.A.N.C.E.," obv.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13148394237957464053noreply@blogger.com