▁Luc id ▁Culture , ▁who ▁wrote ▁" Why ▁did ▁the ▁Sh ins ▁get ▁so ▁popular ▁and ▁not ▁the ▁Bl am ? ▁The ▁Bl am ' s ▁hook s ▁were ▁just ▁as ▁catch y , ▁their ▁gu it ars ▁just ▁as ▁j ang ly , ▁their ▁vocals ▁just ▁as ▁ple as antly ▁p ensive ." ▁The ▁review ▁also ▁drew ▁compar isons ▁to ▁The ▁Beat les , ▁Elli ott ▁Smith , ▁and ▁Neil ▁Finn . ▁ ▁Flug ente ▁After ▁The ▁Bl am ▁split ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Ad ler ▁founded ▁the ▁solo ▁folk ▁project ▁Flug ente ▁( pr on ounced ▁F LO O G - en - te h ) ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁ ▁Their ▁solo ▁debut ▁Flug ente ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁the ▁label ▁M oot ron ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 8 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁The ▁tracks ▁use ▁minimal ist ▁instrument ation ▁and ▁no ▁over d ubs , ▁and ▁each ▁track ▁was ▁recorded ▁as ▁a ▁self - cont ained ▁performance . ▁It ▁was ▁master ed ▁by ▁Bla ke ▁Morgan ▁of ▁E CR ▁Music ▁Group . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁lyr ics ▁and ▁them es ▁involve ▁Ad ler ' s ▁ 6 0 - day ▁trip ▁driving ▁through ▁Europe , ▁and ▁according ▁to ▁a ▁review , ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁" conf essional ▁aspect ▁of ▁his ▁lyr ics , ▁touch ing ▁on ▁familiar ▁trop es ▁about ▁loss ▁of ▁art istic ▁insp iration , ▁dealing ▁with ▁the ▁loc als , ▁and ▁not ▁always ▁knowing ▁the ▁language ."