I love the opening narrative to this review. For one, it shows the kind of guy Josh at Barsuk is -- when I interviewed him for Seattle Sound (#1! In comic books that would mean something!) he gave me oodles of wonderful, insightful conversation; not unlike your own side with him about the transitional nature of alternating Death Cab albums. And I always love it when a sharp critic like you Joe explains why their theories don't necessarily work out; those theories are great fun, though, and like with my rediscovering Cohen last week, we can get challenged by artists when we least expect it. Or, perhaps in Death Cab's case, finding the material unchallenging.
"Spent too much time hiking and found himself pushed up against the deadline ..." I bet it's probably very scary how close that guess is, knowing writers ... ha!
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Chris Estey said on May 13, 2008:
I love the opening narrative to this review. For one, it shows the kind of guy Josh at Barsuk is -- when I interviewed him for Seattle Sound (#1! In comic books that would mean something!) he gave me oodles of wonderful, insightful conversation; not unlike your own side with him about the transitional nature of alternating Death Cab albums. And I always love it when a sharp critic like you Joe explains why their theories don't necessarily work out; those theories are great fun, though, and like with my rediscovering Cohen last week, we can get challenged by artists when we least expect it. Or, perhaps in Death Cab's case, finding the material unchallenging.
"Spent too much time hiking and found himself pushed up against the deadline ..." I bet it's probably very scary how close that guess is, knowing writers ... ha!