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>I'm as happy for them as I am sad that their recent success >means I may never get another album from them. Even though I >didn't get/understand their last album, they fill a lane that, >outside of Kendrick and Lupe, no one else does - high concept, >well-crafted music that really makes you think about the >culture at large. That style of music made me become a fan in >many respects. So, to not have them is a big blow. > >But the band, both as musicians and as personalities, are so >much a part of my maturation as a fan of music and art in >general. From the fact that you all drop by here every day, >they are to you as well. Not getting music from them is an >uncomfortably tangible reminder that I am far away from my >youth. And as a result, have fewer ties to the highlights of >that time.
Yeah, I feel a lot of this. And those bands that we love in our youth genuinely forge ties with our sense of self that are near impossible to recreate later. I think, though, that's all the more reason to keep engaged with new stuff, try new artists, etc. Because although it's perfectly fine to love stuff the stuff of your youth, it is sad when folks get to the point that that is all they can appreciate --- when they are so focused on that time that they even want their favs to just recreate a certain sound without end.
That's why for me, I'm kind of glad they've just taken their time --- and if it comes, great, if not, cool. I don't want them to put out what they *think* they should put out, but rather what they want to put out. I want them to put out something that reflects where they are now.
-thebigfunk
~ i could still snort you under the table ~
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