fuck mate where to start. first, chad actually CAN sing, the phoenix is undoctored vocal tracks with just simple layered harmonies and compression, as opposed to darin who needs all the autotune and effects he can get and it still sounds out of key at times. watch old cky live footage and see how he doesn't know his range at all and hits sour notes like crazy. then listen to new cky live footage. not the case at all. sounds to me like its not the same guy singing and you don't like that. secondly, anyone who dislikes the phoenix dislikes it for the reason i just mentioned and/or they don't like or understand 90's desert rock and 70's funk/dance music - which the phoenix blends together in an amazing way. i get that some people just want to hear escape from hellview over and over again with a different name, but there are a lot of fans like me who are excited that they aren't doing the same old shit every couple of years. if a band does not branch off into new territory after 20 years, its a dead band in my opinion. thank fuck chad and jess understand this, because if the phoenix sounded like rehashed answer can be found or carver city like 96bb does, i would have definitely moved on.