Post by thebighand on Apr 29, 2024 13:55:12 GMT 1
WMS is a (much) lesser version of KMKMKM, similarly to how Bloodflowers is a (much) lesser version of Disintegration.
I like Bloodflowers because it is a masterpiece of musicianship, writing, presentation, ambience, emotion and authenticity. And I like WMS because he could have thought about the career...He could have gotten a rapper in and got Blaggers In The Area to produce it with some Mixed Up drum going on but he didn't - he just carried on writing Robert Smith stuff and carried on being Robert Smith and he seemed to be cool about being Robert Smith the popular arena guy or being Robert Smith last years' thing. He just didn't bend. Proper writer that is and I think WMS deserves to be critisised in light of this - in light of the times and that Robert Smith was writing and not career moving.
Both WMS and Bloodflowers have grown on me over the years. I still think they are worse than anything they had done previously, but both better than the two studio albums which followed (self titled and 3:14 Dream).