I won’t say it’s a return to form, but I quite literally couldn’t sit through any of the songs on their previous post-reunion releases. The music is where it needs to be, a good return of focus to their electronic roots, but the vocals still leave me cold. I genuinely dig Too Dark Park / Last Rights era vocals, along with Mind: TPI and everything previous. I liked DIMD quite a bit too, so it’s not like I think he’s lost it, but the vocals on this album still seem very much in the style of the previous two releases. Still, it’s good to see stuff I can enjoy coming from this group of people again.
I finally listened to the new Skinny Puppy album… and I think I liked it.
December 6, 2011 6:51 pm GMT -5
I won’t say it’s a return to form, but I quite literally couldn’t sit through any of the songs on their previous post-reunion releases. The music is where it needs to be, a good return of focus to their electronic roots, but the vocals still leave me cold. I genuinely dig Too Dark Park / Last Rights era vocals, along with Mind: TPI and everything previous. I liked DIMD quite a bit too, so it’s not like I think he’s lost it, but the vocals on this album still seem very much in the style of the previous two releases. Still, it’s good to see stuff I can enjoy coming from this group of people again.