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Dopefish lives!
To me, probably nothing will ever come close to the albums and EPs they did with Layne. They captivated me on an emotional level that the new stuff can't reach. Layne's aura, his audible fragility and honesty was just so special. Jerry's always been the musical backbone of this band though and I'm glad they choose William who's an awesome musician/singer and foremost not a carbon copy at all.
So in the end, I can appreciate... no... love this new album for standing on it's own. And William has tons of charisma himself, being an extremely sophisticated (he studied philosophy) yet ultra down to earth guy. And it's almost frightening how good of a singer he became. When they were doing their first shows in 2006 you could tell he had to struggle at some parts, like that insane chorus of "Man In A Box". But nowadays, he completely jelled in, pulling off even the hardest parts with ease and passion (and sometimes even playing guitar while doing it).
He's so good now, when I saw them in Berlin in August at a very intimate club show, some people were actually leaving infuriated because they were convinced they're listening to a playback (which obviously isn't true). I am not kidding...
So in the end, I can appreciate... no... love this new album for standing on it's own. And William has tons of charisma himself, being an extremely sophisticated (he studied philosophy) yet ultra down to earth guy. And it's almost frightening how good of a singer he became. When they were doing their first shows in 2006 you could tell he had to struggle at some parts, like that insane chorus of "Man In A Box". But nowadays, he completely jelled in, pulling off even the hardest parts with ease and passion (and sometimes even playing guitar while doing it).
He's so good now, when I saw them in Berlin in August at a very intimate club show, some people were actually leaving infuriated because they were convinced they're listening to a playback (which obviously isn't true). I am not kidding...
