“Estrangement from spouse and offspring! The push-and-pull of an on-again-off-again relationship! Drugs! Projection! Questionable employment options! Getting used! Repeatedly! And knowing it! Feelings of displacement, even in a longtime locale! Even more break-ups! Infidelity! Dreams about death! That unshakeable notion that you’re going to feel like a 17-year-old no matter what your driver’s license may say! Stagnation! Self-doubt! Ambiguity! Trading youthful exuberance for a resignation that borders on bitterness! Golly, can’t wait to grow up! Thanks, Wrens!”
Paul Thompson on The Meadowlands, my favorite write-up, thus far. I have to say, the the ass-end of 100-80 shows how awesome this decade has been for music. Any one of these albums could have been my favorite of the 00s.
