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your criticism is treading water. what band that's been active for 25+ years doesn't tread water? i just find that to be a very weak critique of a band who's well into their 50s. what do you expcet them to do?
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So just because the band has been active for 25 years I should somehow adjust my personal taste to align with records I don't like? Prince has been making records since the late 70's, was in my opinion was as rock solid or more so than New Order well into the early 90s, and now too does not seem to create music I like anymore - should I like his new music now simply because his track record suggests that I should
find a way to like what he's doing?
Last I checked liking music was about how listening to it made me feel, end of story. At least, that's how I evaluate music. Me saying "I don't like it" might not be the most informative description of
why I don't like their music but that's the way it is - when I hear "Krafty", while I think it's a decent pop song I certainly don't get moved like I did or do when I hear "The Perfect Kiss", and when I hear "Jetstream" all I can think of is detatched, rich musicians listening to and getting inspired by the most boring, inoffensive house music on an airplane music channel.
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Perhaps they jumped the shark at 'World in Motion' (excluding 'Reget')?
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I think it happened a few years after that but "World in Motion" was definitely the tipping point. Maybe it meant something more to someone living in the UK but outside of that World Cup fever, hearing that song for the first time was like "Isn't this just kind of silly? Is this the same group?"