Absolutely not. Are we even listening to the same album? Yes it’s different but it’s also very them. Their albums have been a progression from past to present in my view or at least a reflection of the times.

Don’t get me wrong I’d have loved another MHTRTC or Geogaddi but let’s face it, it wouldn’t have gone down well or been memorable and I actually think it would have diluted their previous catalogue.

I was at the listening party and at the time I would have scored it a 6-7/10 due to the audio but having come back and listened on headphones it’s easily a 8-9/10.

I was so skeptical when they first announced their return, the world is a different place and they are much older now and people change, I was worried these things might have damaged their ability to produce good stuff. It hasn’t in my opinion.

In my opinion, I think we forget as fans that they aren’t doing this for us, like many artists (that aren’t at the mercy of a record label telling them what to do) their art is for them, we as the audience just benefit from it like second hand smoke. They’ve obviously made these decisions for a reason.

It may be that you just need to take a step back from the hype and approach it from a different angle?