I just picked up Tides last week and my impression of it is the same.
First few songs are nice, but sound like a talented fanboy's tribute to
the BoC 'formula', and then the album just gets boring. I have mp3s from
their other album, and I like it a LOT better than Tides from what I've
heard.
--- Ryan Schilling <ryanschilling@subdimension.com> wrote:
quoted 14 lines Hear, hear! "Tides" put me to sleep, and not because it was mellow and
> Hear, hear! "Tides" put me to sleep, and not because it was mellow and
> soothing, but because it's "unremarkable" and boring.
>
> It's making me yawn to think about it.... And the harpsichord playing
> on
> that last track is very near to being *completely* uninspired. That
> instrument has far too much potential for melodic ingenuity to be wasted
> on
> a few repeated notes....
>
> *yawn*
>
> -Ryan
>
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