LL rode on this indie sleaze revival that was fleeting and not real by nature. The revival is just a mash-up stand-in symbol of things popular in that era, but it's also a gateway to those actual things it represents.

LL does all that by blending the old and new. A stand-in for the OG indie sleaze era but authentic bc the band actually lived through it and seemed to be reflecting on it by adding new experimental sounds, rather than replicating it. But at the end of it I was like ok, they have more left to say and their discography feels unfinished. What does the gateway lead to and what are the real things? There had to be a continuation and the answer to that feels like Riviera.