The Better Than That EP whets the appetite for a record that will be mostly full of songs that haven’t been heard by the fan base, as most of the songs previewed last summer have fallen by the wayside. It suggests that James are still searching for new ways to challenge themselves and us, their audience, by experimenting, refusing to let songs simply stagnate or follow a traditional structure. They’re still angry at the world, unafraid to comment and unprepared to compromise, yet can still also pull off those yearning beautiful songs they’ve mastered over the years.
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