okay so i just banged the shit out of it at top volume like 5 times in a row and i finally have some thoughts on it.
it's a risky track because it's such a departure. it's not the first time they've done something risky and i have to admire them for stepping out of their comfort zone. someone said it sounds "safe" but it's not THEIR safe sound. it's outside of the box for them. if i really think about it, some of their unusual outside-of-the-box tracks rank up there with my favorites. peggy sussed, for one, which i previously mentioned.
the one negative thing i will say about it is that it FEELS like an edit. the pacing and transitions feel awkward and rushed, like they were cramming too much song into a radio version. which, obviously, is what it is. the break in the middle is so incomprehensibly nonsensical to me that i can't imagine what they were thinking sticking it in the middle there. that said, i love every second of everything that follows the break.
maybe i'm just a softie at heart but there's something about tracks where karl sounds optimistic and/or happy that i just love. something inside of me feels comforted knowing karl is content. that's super fangirl lame, right? i don't know what it is. it's probably why i like crocodile and 8ball so much, i guess. it seems like as UW ages their tracks and karl's lyrics are getting brighter and sparklier, and that same feeling came through even during that brief period when R&K were tweeting regularly. i like happy UW. it makes things seem right in the world.
but i say that as someone who thought "but not tonight" was the best track off of depeche mode's black celebration, when everybody knows it was a throwaway b-side.
i guess i like to see the contentedness and exhilaration of my favorite artists.