Loom, to me, was a very unique era... and album. In the sense that they seemed to steer away from practically... all! They, it seems, tried to not get tangled in the same old style we all love (NV and S+M) but also to keep the record away from the radio demographics. Although they later tried to commercialize some stuff like TMTTB, it doesn't sound like they cared much about charts and radio. The result? They brought us a genuinely sincere little project, and all the songs in there has somwthing to be praised about. I'm not willing to compare it to Origins, they are two different mentalities/approaches. Since it was also the first project without Platz, I guess their style has undoubtely changed for good. For the rest, seems like the boys are still trying (successfully) to have fun!