Originally Posted by
Wretchedest
Its not that meaningless to me. I'm trying to identify the nature of my disappointment. I really love APC's first two albums, and when I revisit them today, I still feel like I can relate to them and I still feel like they occupy a unique musical space. And even if we're attributing the music to just people, those albums sound like everyone is coming together and really putting in some great work.
And this stuff feels really bland. And even though they are mostly talking about things that I care about there's a lack of lyricism to the songs that i find very surprising. It's so on the nose that it lacks any bite or surprise to it... The art work is at best meant to be kind of ironic? Hopefully? Like it's just so over the top that it's funny, I suppose? But it doesn't work for me even in that context, it just kind of sucks.
So I'm looking at that, and as a long time forum dweller I can't help but wonder if this is a moment where the artists' heart really isn't in it and they know their most die hard fans will buy anything they sell, and this is all they got, now, that's as much effort as they're willing to give. Kind of like Mastodon.
On the other side of the coin is the equally dreadful possibility that these guys just aren't talented or interesting anymore and it's that simple.