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I finally gave Bedlam in Goliath a listen and after noticing that a lot of people were putting it in their best of 2008 I was wondering if this was just fanboyishness or I just seem to be unable to get in sync with their stuff after Frances. I think De-loused is a masterpiece, Frances is great, even if half of it is just atmospherics, but they completely lost their shit on Amputecture. Only one thing on that album struck me as memorable, the guitar riff on Viscera eyes.

Bedlam is a bit better, I actually liked an entire song (the rather funky Ilyena), there's an acceptable chorus on Metatron, Goliath had some cool jamming (the chorus is just lazy) but I started to lose my patience on Tourniquet man (sorry, it doesn't hold a candle to any of their previous slower songs, especially Televators and The widow). Is Cavalettas a good song by any standards, even if you are a fanboy? What about Agadez...do you know what that song sounds like? Anything memorable about it? Only Ouroborous stands out as a half decent song from the latter half of the album, but really, even that can't measure up to anything on De-loused.

Is it just that it's the kind of music you (or is it just me?) can't take much at one sitting? That can't be it, because De-loused is of similar length and there isn't a dull moment in it and a ton of memorable songs.

Is there anyone else out there who feels similarly or am I alone in my love/hate relationship with the Volta...?:|

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