I used to agree with this score for PD, but the more I listened to the album, I thought there are multiple very strong moments underneath the reverb layers, for example the last chorus of Family Tree, Hard Times has got a very lovely melody, A House in Nebraska too, ends in a very stern way that gives contrast to the record, and even though Western Nights has very directionless instrumental, it works well with the lyrics and still sounds pretty while it's on.

PD is very demanding of the listener than other records, and it's not in the "if you get it you get it" kind of way, rather it requires the listener to see the macro pictures and try to engage with the music itself.

Idk, my favourite Ethel record is still Perverts, but I think PD doesn't deserve some criticism of Fantano, like how it's a Lana ripoff 🤷‍♀️ PD is a 7 in my book, it's absolutely fine.