This can be true just for "happy songs..." imo.
Except for Killing all the flies.
But who cares, I love the last couple albums and older ones too.
Except for "happy songs..", don't like it that much.
Except for Killing all the flies.

in the uk in the early 90's there was a scene emerging from rave called hardcore, and the people who would get off their heads on E or amphetemine would put their hands in the air when MC's said stuff like
"hardcore will never die!!! woop woop!!" and
"10, 9, 8, 7, 6 HARDCORE!!!!!" and
"Hardcore whats the score?"

and stuff like that

i really like Happy Songs. It's pretty

It's not "bad", I just think it's the one which works "worst" as an album compared to the others and has less "interesting" sounds-production.
All of the above: "imo". I'm not trying to persuade anyone here.
It's ultimately a matter of personal taste, no matter how people puts it in "absolutistic" terms :D.

guess what? I re-listened to "Hardcore.." yesterday and eventually found it all right. Had discarded it too quickly. Not that bad....

I think it's a common "problem" with "post-rock" bands etc.
You kinda know what to expect from their albums, and if you listen with not enough attention/care you get the impression everything is "as usual" and consequently not worth your time and consequently useless compared to bands' earlier output.
But hell, what about the guitars in "san pedro"?
The chords/progression/sounds smacked right in the middle of "too raging to cheers"?
I like.

YOU OBVIOUSLY NEVER HEARD SLICES ANNIE.

i love the new mogwai album. i think it's a nice change of pace for them.

Oh come on, Glice contracted jicotic deletionitis?

Ha. It wasn't as funny as I wanted it to be, couldn't be bothered to re-phrase it.