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Originally Posted by demonrail666
Fair enough, but it's hard for me to think of SY's music (at least on their standard alkbums) in the last few years as being particularly interesting. I think it's fair to say at this stage that their best work is probably behind them. Which isn't that big a deal, given that any band that's been together for that long is eventually going to start winding down creatively.
SY's real value now is using its name as a trojan horse to bring other, better bands to people's attention.
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While that is definately a matter of flavor, I think it must be recognized that the music itself has become better according to musical standards. It is actually listenable to many different people now, and
some of the sarcasm has been replaced with a more serious side, that aside from ATL, i wouldn't quite call melancholy. it also feels like the music on these past five or six records (excluding RR which just feels more fun) has been a progression in the eyes of the artists who made it, like an accomplishment of sorts.
So I couldn't say that their
best work is behind them, but more that your
favorite works are behind them. and hey, it happens, bands progress and change their styles as artists do, particularly if you add decades to the experiment.
look at this way, they could by like the Stones and really suck 30 years later, or they can be sonic youth and still put out innovative and original records that just might not be your cup of tea anymore.