my feelings are similar, except I wouldn't be able to articulate them nearly as well given my lack of motivation to give their recent albums half as many listens as you clearly have.

All I can say is I ain't mad at ATCQ hanging it up after Love Movement. Not to be on some vague shit but there's a certain kind of magic you just can't expect to recreate.

Also, I don't know if having a "depressing" sound is all that problematic. Illadelph Halflife was dark as hell IMO...and it might be my fav album of all time.