Haven't seen this one posted here yet....
U2’s surprise album Songs of Innocence, reviewed. (From Slate.com, originally featured in Vulture.)
This one irritates me from start to finish. "U2’s Surprise Album Is Totally Gorgeous, Totally Boring, And at Least a Little Creepy". So you think the album's gorgeous (which is a good thing -
right?)... but you find it boring (so that's bad -
isn't it?) and it's creepy (
- you mean you found the delivery method creepy, not the music itself...
or do you?)
This, particularly, bugs the crap out of: discussing her appreciation of SLAB, with the exception of Bono's "endearingly wobbly falsetto", the writer says
"Except for that moment, actually, Songs of Innocence never sounds anything less than gorgeous—but given its sponsored rollout and the band’s near-evangelical zeal over the Apple partnership, I can’t help but feel a little cynical about exactly why." Wait... what?? :grr:
Isn't that a bit like having a complimentary appetizer presented to you in your favorite restaurant, eating it (and enjoying it!!), only to then determine because it was brought to your table by the owner that you don't trust his intentions and convincing yourself you didn't actually like the food after all????