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Master_Kazuya posted...

I listened through In Return again. I think I also favor A Moment Apart as a fan of them, but it's mainly cause I got the CD for free from a friend who preordered tickets who gave it to me, and that was the main album in my car (that I no longer own cause it caught fire) so I've heard it a bunch. I just feel like In Return showed me the range and specialty of Odesza. In other words, I think I'd recommend In Return to someone who's never listened.

Also, shoutouts to the DKC trilogy soundtrack, and A.R. Rahman

I can agree that In Return has more range and diversity, and I would also introduce new listeners with that album for sure (Summer's Gone is also a nice short listen as an introduction to Odesza too). Also enjoyed their newest album, but it wasn't as good as AMA or In Return.

A Moment Apart earns a special place with me because of their specific live show for when they toured that album. It's the greatest live show I've ever been to, so I have great memories with that album. Seen the AMA show twice, once at a festival (Coachella 2018) and the other as just them on their own (AMA Finale in Los Angeles 2019).

Their new show for their newest album, The Last Goodbye, is also fantastic but I prefer the AMA show's specific live edits of their songs. Production is a lot better on their TLG show though, it's worth going to for sure.

What festival did you see them at? With festivals it's kind of a gamble because some fests have restrictions that can make the show significantly worse in my experience. When I saw them at Coachella, they were billed as the sub-headliners and played right before the headliner of the night (Eminem) on the main stage, with some of the best production I've ever seen at a festival (the Coachella main stage is enormous and beautiful). Coachella is the best of the best when it comes to that stuff.

But I also just recently saw them last weekend at a festival in San Diego (CRSSD) and it was such a watered down version of their show, they were completely missing entire lighting structures, pyrotechnics, fireworks, smoke, lasers, visuals etc. that just made the show a shell of it was supposed to be. It was still a fun time but I was a bit disappointed.