Right, maybe they won't release any masterpieces but you can bet good money there will be at least a couple of catchy songs worth your while...

I don't know, my hate for them is predictable. But I think their music is even more so. It's a tough call, but I think KOL edge it.

I care enough about them to at least download it and give it a listen, I really really really hope I'll be pleasantly surprised.

But to me, the description of 'it's chilled out and beachy" just screams THIS ALBUM WILL BE DULL!!!!!1

Low expectations means I won't be disappointed.

True.

But weren't there any songs off their last album that you liked?

I mean there change in sound wasn't *that* drastic. We're not talking the difference between Uplift Mofo Party Plan and By the Way here...

Chilis late 90s early 00s stuff >>>>> Their 80s. Unpopular musical opinion there for ya, but then again I don't really care for the Chilis.

Erm, Crawl and Cold Desert were/are good songs. They're an American Southern/Garage Rock band... why are they making 'beachy' music?

Yeah, totally wrong thread. That, and you cannot appreciate funk.

Yeah, 'Crawl' was cool.

Wait for the album to come out before you pass judgement...

This surprises me. I would've thought KOL would be right up your street.

I'ma post my unpopular musical opinion!

Nope, if I expect it to be a terrible boring album there's only two results that could happen - 1) It will live up to expectations 2) I will be pleasantly surprised.

They used to be one of my top 10 favourite bands, then Only By The Night came out. :(

Wow, so little love for Only By The Night... its a good enough album, not as good as earlier material, but I think we gotta give 'em a chance to rebound a bit... and as it is it's not like Only By The Night is unlistenable, it's just a bit more mainstream... and really, the mainstream needs a bit of help as I see it... so maybe KoL's contribution wouldn't be a terrible thing...

I don't turn my nose up if a band goes mainstream, 2 of the first bands I got into were Oasis and Blur, they were as mainstream as they come but their music was at a high quality , OBTN turned me completely off the band. Not because of the mass appeal and the sales and the radio play, because that kind of stuff just doesn't matter to me. I just thought it was a terribly dull album and I can't appreciate the band anymore because of it. I used to listen to them none stop and now I just can't bring myself to listen to their first 2 albums, not sure why because they're still the same albums I loved 3 years ago.

I really liked the latest released one. On holiday I actually favoured it a few times to my usual stuff.