LogFAQs > #972415042

Far East Suite: I think I fundamentally agree with both Fool and Sean's writeups, strangely enough. I find this album more than mildly evocative in the moment, and jazz has a high floor for me - even so, I'm left with those mental images lingering in lieu of the music itself, and so I'm not sure if it's truly testing my ceiling.

Walking With Strangers: To me, it's musically and lyrically unified enough to feel like a concept album without even being one, all while the individual songs stand out even more for that. Perpetually pretty and on point vocal performances further propel an album I have difficulty describing - an ineffability which seems to help it stick in my head.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not: From a listeners perspective, its perfectly creditable and even catchy at times. Still, theres something missing from what comes off to me as a peculiarly slight, rather insubstantial and yet seemingly self-important effort.