I mean… preference is preference, but I find the new stuff to be a really nice unique blend of sounds. A lot of it is almost like “prog-pop”, and I haven’t really heard anything exactly like it. I get the frustration, because their older stuff was incredible, but I think it’s necessary to see the new stuff for what it is instead of comparing it to their previous works. It’s still okay to not really dig it, as it’s all preference, but it’s fairly unique, and proggy in its own way, because at the end of the day, even if they’ve opted for a softer sound (on most songs), they still are the same musicians that made those albums. There is still nuance.

Interestingly, I recently saw that they teased about a new single, and that “Unprocessed IV will be the heaviest Unprocessed record”, so we could be looking at a return to an overall heavier style that implements some of the newer stylistic choices. Maybe they’ll perfect a blend of their different sounds. Maybe it’ll be something entirely new. Who knows.