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| Lots of people will be glad to see SDRE back -- their breakup was
entirely too premature, especially for a band that so many people thought
would be the Next Big Thing. The scope seems a bit grander this time out,
as if the band is looking to paint a larger and more cohesive sonic picture.
Indeed, tracks like "Roses in Water" -- which sports not only an Eastern
tinge to its music, but a distantly Jethro Tullish delivery at odd moments --
betray a certain penchant for prog-rock concept album conceits. Mind you,
that's back in vogue, these days. However much Jeremy Enigk's sometimes
dubious falsetto might make you smile, How It Feels... is not a
happy album; there's more introspection and malaise than joy, as the title
track demonstrates, but that's fine -- it's what these guys seem to do best.
Despite the occasional heavy-handed lyric, the album is a wondfully
thoughtful, emotional trip, buoyed by subtlety and cryptic storytelling.
If you're a band coming back from the dead, this is definitely the way to
do it. |
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