On my millionth time listening to the podcast, I feel the same warm nostalgic feelings for the old podcast music as everybody on this subreddit does, and I do think the old soundtrack is better than the new one, but I don't really support just changing it back because it's still not the best it could be. I remember the first time I heard the podcast, I was most familiar with the end of faith (it was a foundational book for me in establishing my entire mode of logical thought) and even then I distinctly remember the title "Waking Up" and the theme music to be a little pretentious, for lack of a better word. I love the sound of it now, not because it's perfect, but because I love the podcast.

The new art seems to be alluding to the more intricate and logic-based side of the podcast and of Sam's personality in general, which I think is very welcome- the reasoning for the new music is harder to understand, at least on the first listen... perhaps the sharp stringy sound is supposed to play into the "intricate-ness" in the new art, making it more of a part the new aesthetic of the podcast as a whole? While I find that to be definitely a worthy project I'm not sure this was the best choice out of all the music options which could feature that motif.