Again, I never do comment on articles I write, but because of the feedback on here, I feel the need to explain a few things. I think it's a lot of bull when people trash an article which is meant to be one perspective amongst countless others. I love Grace Potter and The Nocturnals. I always have. Some of them I consider friends through the years of not only covering them, but watching them in awe of their talent and potential. I never said didn't have talent. I never said they couldn't make a great record. I just felt, as someone who knows this band better than most, that it wasn't up to their usual standards, which myself, and others, hold them too. And with these standards, it shows I do have respect for their creativity. This is one review amid innumerable others. Besides, if you really feel that passionate about the record, why don't some of you out there write a review of your own? Do you know how hard it is to be a music journalist? Do any of you have a clue? You all can make comments and hide behind fake names, etc, but I put myself out there, for good or ill. Though I did not feel jazzed about the new record, it hurts deeply when anyone says I hate this group or don't get it, because those who know me, including the band members, will tell you first-hand how relentlessly I have pursued them on the road and in a positive light in past articles. In closing, I wish you all would see between the lines of the review- I give credit where credit is due. Again, this is only my opinion. Good vibes to all.