If this really is the last song on the last album, it's a fitting swan song. It's not Jenkins' best work, but it's maybe one of his most fitting for the time and place.
Starts out all right, but when you get into K Flay's spoken word portion, it all connects perfectly and is a great tip of the cap to everyone who has followed the band from the start and not missed an album. Basically just Jenkins addressing 20'ish years of thoughts/doubts in about 2 and a half minutes.
His struggles with writers block pre-Ursa Major, his relationship with Theron aka "that actress" (which inspired much of "Out of the Vein"), nods to the debut album (sleeping on a cot, eating tater tots), his uneasy relationship with critics who always unfairly accused him of peaking with the bands debut album and holding him up to impossible standards.
Just a solid song from top to bottom. Again, not the greatest, but definitely appropriate and if it's the last song we get... it's fitting.
If this really is the last song on the last album, it's a fitting swan song. It's not Jenkins' best work, but it's maybe one of his most fitting for the time and place.
Starts out all right, but when you get into K Flay's spoken word portion, it all connects perfectly and is a great tip of the cap to everyone who has followed the band from the start and not missed an album. Basically just Jenkins addressing 20'ish years of thoughts/doubts in about 2 and a half minutes.
His struggles with writers block pre-Ursa Major, his relationship with Theron aka "that actress" (which inspired much of "Out of the Vein"), nods to the debut album (sleeping on a cot, eating tater tots), his uneasy relationship with critics who always unfairly accused him of peaking with the bands debut album and holding him up to impossible standards.
Just a solid song from top to bottom. Again, not the greatest, but definitely appropriate and if it's the last song we get... it's fitting.