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Title: When did David Bazan get so boring?
Review: Time was, you could throw on a Pedro album and be greeted with the honesty, heartfelt sincerity, and unassuming charm of the young David Bazan. Now after years of touring, Winners Never Quit, Control, Achilles Heal and the Headphones album, he just sounds like a bitter old man. "Fewer Moving Parts" might be the worst one yet -- for crying out loud, track 3 is about his choice to pursue a "solo" career! Dude, no one wants to hear about that stuff, no matter how facetiously you present it. Somewhere, somehow, Bazan turned into a crochety, unpleasant grandpa writing cold, distant, heavyhanded songs that overly generalize their subjects and condescend to the listener. He needs to somehow summon whatever weird ghost inspired him to write songs in the past place and get some of the old inspiration back. If he can.Two stars for a sentimental favorite, I guess.
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