Yeah, I had the same reaction when Beautiful Song went up. It was that summer AIDA closed, and we had to wait months for the album -- it seemed endless. And you're right, I think we can blame it partially on age-related enthusiasm, but at the same time, if the new stuff sounded like that and had any energy to it at all, I could see myself feeling a similar sense of anticipation. I counted the days for that album to come out, and this, I'm just sort of like "oh, okay." I keep reminding myself that we haven't heard it all in final form yet and hoping that I'll be pleasantly surprised when I actually get the album, but... I don't know.
And lol, "world music" makes me think of those guys with the pipes in Times Square.
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