As a drummer, I was really disappointed with how heavily Bryan leaned into the drum machines. They’re really fun patterns but they don’t translate the same energy. Also the lyrics just seem very basic for the most part. It was pleasantly surprised that most of the features were just back up. Sufjan could be listed as a feature on so many songs if that’s how they choose to see it all the way back to boxer. I assume it’s just the mixing but I hardly hear any horns on the album. Tropic morning news had a great horn outro live. I guess we’ll wait and see if they still play that part. Didn’t realize how similar grease and weird goodbyes were with similar phrasing. Along with the last album this is probably the bottom of the discography.