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Old 04-22-2010, 12:20 AM   #41 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Charlemagne View Post
Heaven Is Whenever is a fantastic album, it's less anthemic, more mellowed and relaxed, but it doesn't detract from it at all, Hurricane J and the Weekenders are early standouts, and this is the album in which Craig Finn gets closest to actually singing, and it's awesome.
Definitely Finn singing is an improvement, the lyrics seem to be evolving also. I listed to stuck between stations and chip ahoy, then The Sweet Part of the City and Hurricane J and to me the lyrics are a little more generalized and relate able.
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