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Originally Posted by top 40 squeeze
Yeah, yeah, my overall feeling is that the core members of the youth just basically do whatever they want and determine the new sound. I'm not trying to blame Jim for anything (title of the post is ironic). I do get the feeling that because Jim left they indeed decided to go for a tighter more immediate sound.
On the production side I feel like Rather Ripped sounds much warmer than the two records with Jim. I think there's a better balance between Thurston and Lee's guitars, but maybe that's just because the third guitar is absent. The sound on Murray Street and Nurse sounded a bit clinical and calculated to me, especially murray street.
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Interesting take, right now i think much of Rather Ripped is overly calculated with typical "pop and rock"-like progressions that the band had always steered away from in their past, now it seems that they are comfortable w/ taking this format on "head-on" which is strange but interesting, yet at times it will make them sound like the band they are not. i'm not dissing this album... its taking its time w/ me because of what i say above.
i don't want to say much else, since i still feel guilty for hearing the album already, and i intended to wait til the release date.