It drives me nuts reading these reviews. Everytime I come here - I go back to 23 and try again. Only a couple songs work at all for me. Operetta has become my favorite, just barely, over Deadman's Hand. Make no mistake - I love the Coffee Song, Pangaea, and So Love May Find Us. The latter just gets better and better as it goes along across its 20 minutes.

Painkiller was killer, only parts of a couple tracks that bugged me a little. Outbound is great to go jogging to. Celestial is an all time favorite.

So I was on point to be set thrilled with U-23, but instead...

I've enjoyed SK's recent expansion of range and styles, and that continues on 23, but the songs just don't find my ticklish spots. I can't relate to the imagery. It's almost like I haven't gotten to where I need to be, a point in time or whatever, for 23.

For now I'll just stick with my church playlist and lurk over your reviews with jelousy.

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