hoang wrote:
If you listen seriously to The West Pole track and melodies, you feel like listening to a Home song. many TG fans like me can feel so.
Previous albums have seemed to be paired - Mandylion and Nighttime Birds being the most obvious coupling. Lead singer changes aside, I don't see the similarity between Home and The West Pole (based on the three sample tracks.) Home felt very introspective, a reflection on the past perhaps. The West Pole feels ... free. The doors have been flung open to a sunny morning, and the lyrics are soaring.
hoang wrote:
the main problem is not only about accepting changes or the new singer, it's more about accepting the fact that they won't sound as creative and unique as before.
How so? The West Pole seems almost as big a change in style for TG as How To Measure A Planet? was. It took me several listening sessions for me to get into HTMAP?, but I can't wait for my copy of The West Pole to arrive.
As for uniqueness, if there's another band like TG I want to hear about them!