It’s been 7 years, yes that’s right, since ”The Soft Bulletin” grabbed almost everyone with two functional ears by the neck and twisted it times two around with the explosive melodic piece “Race for The Prize”. Now it’s time for the “comeback” and expectations are high, maybe too high.
The result of these expectations is from one moment to the other surrealistic upbeat pop music that makes you want to dance, just to go crazy with noise you in another situation wouldn’t stand listening to. Then it takes a turn and erases everything you thought you understood about the music with arrangements only a child could come up with, just as they’ve always done. So their way of always trying catching the listener off guard becomes obvious after a while and the surprise effects don’t work that well.
There are no obstacles too high or wide for these guys, but it’s not as interesting as it was 7 years ago listening to how they conquer them. Don’t get me wrong here. Some of the songs on “At War With The Mystics“ is really fantastic, but sometimes it feels like they push it too far, and do it just for the sake of doing it. It wanders off and they have a hard time finding their way back.
“My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion” is a strong pop ballad with a broken crazy guitar. ”Vein of stars” is really something with its floating feeling. “The Wizard turns on…” gives away a lesson in how to use flickering spacious sounds. “Mr. Ambulance Driver” is a great melodic history with an annoying siren in the background.
I don’t know what I expected from the 12 new songs but I think it was something else than this.
It’s been 7 years, yes that’s right, since ”The Soft Bulletin” grabbed almost everyone with two functional ears by the neck and twisted it times two around with the explosive melodic piece “Race for The Prize”. Now it’s time for the “comeback” and expectations are high, maybe too high.
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