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Mike's tone is unbelievable. Just truly some of the best Mike sound I've ever heard on a recording before, I think even better than Moss and Overstep even. He's in the mix so perfectly. Speaking of mix, anyone notice how amazing and dominating Page is on this album? All tracks except for Fuego, to us listening to the whole album all the way through last night for the first time, have Page way out front in the mix, so much so that on The Line, we couldn't really even hear Trey's guitar lead on the solo. Trey is there, but its so well mixed it just sounds like the whole band is in an orchestrated, "I'm not stepping toes," jam/solo.
The lyrics of the album overall are pleasant. I like the quirkiness of Fuego, it's mysterious, it makes us feel like there's meaning to it, and it means nothing at the same time. But the thread of "stealing" or "things stolen" is in many songs (if you include "you never know," this theme is actualized perfectly). And the stolen car references, very interesting. The basketball game was "stolen" from the team from those missed shots. Fuego is a stolen car...??? "Steal away/Let's steal a car.." opening lyrics to Wingsuit. Phish even "stole" a segment of the Fish TV show opening theme for Wombat (if you hear them back to back, it's so close). Phish is obviously a little too much fun
Lastly, the number of songs written by all 4 members, and that's the majority of the songs, should be something we all should be rejoicing over! Let's give it up to the 4 minds' creative genius that gelled together to create this sick, sick, sick album.