If you haven’t already heard, Snakes & Arrows has finally made its way online. With only a week to go, I must say that it’s impressive that it was kept offline for this long.
So… the reviews are coming in, as well as the bickering between the “I have” and the “I will not”-s. It’s interesting to read the various takes on the music, as well as to see how sanctimonious some folks can get.
As for me, I’m still the master of my domain. Not because I sit on that side of the downloading debate, nor because I’m downloading it at this very moment.
I’ve simply been too busy to care.
Am I excited about the new CD and tour? Of course. But for some reason, I don’t have that “gotta have it” feeling that makes me hunt down the tracks online and give it repeated listens on the iPod.
Maybe it’s because “Far Cry” and “Spindrift” didn’t immediately grab me. Maybe it’s information overload regarding every minute detail of the recording process or the “heard it from a guy who knows someone who had lunch with the guy that parked Neil’s car” speculation that often leads to misinformation. Or maybe I just want a decent release that hopefully doesn’t sound like a cross between Presto and Vapor Trails.
And the hype. Thanks to Google, you can now read a ton of interviews where you read the same rote answers so many times that nothing that anyone says comes across as genuine anymore. You can’t blame the person being interviewed because when ten different people ask you same question, what are you going to do… give ten different answers? So they all say the same damn thing: “this album is heavy“ and the ubiquitous “it’s our best work yet.” Read 20 articles that say that and tell me how you can’t have high expectations for the release?
When it comes to Rush, I always have high expectations. They’re my favorite band but they’re not infallible.
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