Beautiful song, Two Conversations is a step-down from previous Appleseed works but by no means a bad album at all. I only have a couple of small nitpicked gripes with it, nothing that detracts too much from the beauty. Firstly, I know they decided to put vocals more up front, and that's fine, but the lyrics...I just don't think Appleseed Cast are the kind of band that really do well by riding on the weight of lyrics. Their musicianship and the way everything blends has always been their greatest talent, and the way they always used simple and sincere lyrics as just a way to make the songs feel complete worked well for them. However, songs like this and others on Two Conversations have too much of that simple sincere lyrical body and when they overdo it, I feel it gets a little redundant. The second gripe is the drumming.....it's good, and I haven't heard Casket Lottery but the new guy is definitely no Cobra. He just doesn't offer the drumming that was unique to this band.
As I said, those were out of sheer nitpicking. Two Conversations is an awesome album that is underappreciated by many AC fans.
Beautiful song, Two Conversations is a step-down from previous Appleseed works but by no means a bad album at all. I only have a couple of small nitpicked gripes with it, nothing that detracts too much from the beauty. Firstly, I know they decided to put vocals more up front, and that's fine, but the lyrics...I just don't think Appleseed Cast are the kind of band that really do well by riding on the weight of lyrics. Their musicianship and the way everything blends has always been their greatest talent, and the way they always used simple and sincere lyrics as just a way to make the songs feel complete worked well for them. However, songs like this and others on Two Conversations have too much of that simple sincere lyrical body and when they overdo it, I feel it gets a little redundant. The second gripe is the drumming.....it's good, and I haven't heard Casket Lottery but the new guy is definitely no Cobra. He just doesn't offer the drumming that was unique to this band.
As I said, those were out of sheer nitpicking. Two Conversations is an awesome album that is underappreciated by many AC fans.