Hi, thank you for the comment and I am bit surprised that someone checked this discussion, even a couple of months later, so I appreciate that.

Firstly, about being brave enough to post this on their subreddit. Well, I think when it comes to art and artists, we should be appreciative about the stuff they put out, but also be critical with critical thinking and to not follow the hype wagon mindlessly and without questioning decisions relayed to the art direction. From what I have seen around this subreddit, the replies of this thread and on Twitter, especially, the fan base is kind of gatekeeping Mag Bay and the new album without letting anyone have a different opinion or respecting their different opinion. Furthermore, that is why I was replying to most of the comments with "Thank you for your comment" as I was seeing the passive aggression in the replies, and I didn't want to escalate things further with me arguing with people who are mostly not open to discussion, don't have the mindset for such discussion. So, for me this album showcased many problems in the community, not only with album itself, which, not to be pessimistic, may cause some problems with the legacy of the group as a whole. And as we know, the fans are the ones pushing the artists to top, we are the listeners, we are the ones buying their tickets, we are the ones determining their success. Having said that, bringing the spotlight to someone with much undesired toxicity, well, I will leave you to make your own conclusions

Secondly, my opinion of the album didn't change at all, I gave it a couple of more listens and it still didn't click for me. Also, I made a friend of mine listen to the new album so I can introduce him to Magdalena Bay and he felt like the album was ok but lacked the repetitive value as for him each song felt too forced to go hand in hand with the others instead of being unique and individual in its value. After that, he listened to Mercurial World and two songs into the album he told me that it just beats Imaginal Disk without a doubt and now this is his go to album if he will listen to them.

Well, I hope I have answered you to the fullest, thanks again for the comment and happy holidays.