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well if you haven't heard the new album yet, i think the production isn't too different actually as compared to Nurse or Murray Street eventhough it was recorded at Sear and not Murray Street... Rather Ripped seems a abit more "slick" production-wise, the guitars have a similar feel as the last 2 albums, except i'm hearing weird effects that i'm not use to coming from Lee (sounds at times like chorus or flanging effects which he isn't known to use)... the main difference is that the songs are indeed more short and concise and direct... subtle pop like sound? i think its alot more than just "subtle" in SY-terms... and agreed Rather Ripped is without alot of the "classic" SY guitar-noise...
O'Rourke's fault? ...don't see how you can blame him as it was the band's decision to add him in the first place, and you can't really say that Jim was the main instigator of having the band have "more extemporaneous and drawn out... songs". an example is A Thousand Leaves, those songs on that album are pretty exploratory and lengthy and had nothing to do w/ O'Rourke's presence since they were still a quartet.
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