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I have been a fan since I was a kid and saw the music video for 19-2000 on MTV. Humanz and TNN came out when I was in middle school and intermediate, I genuinely loved both and even got the cds just to hang in my room and song machine is in my top 3 for sure. Anyways, the point I’m trying to make is I loved their ever changing sound. It felt like the songs were growing with me. So when I had initially listened to Cracker Island I was very shocked by how much I disliked it. So going into The Mountain I had very high hopes, and then I was let down yet again, I was searching for that catchy tune, that song that would just hook me in and immerse me back into their world. Everyone was saying “it’ll grow on you” and I truly did not think it would. Until I gave it another listen today. I think the first mistake TM haters are making is putting it on as background noise, waiting for THE song that will make them jump (ik I was). But I had finally just sat and listened. when I truly listened I was taken through a journey of grief and overcoming. Grief has no catchy hook, because grief isn’t something to hold onto and replay over and over “I should’ve done this, imagine if we did that“ those imaginary scenarios hook you in, maybe they would’ve stayed longer if I spent more time doing xyz. And that was a truly beautiful heartbreaking experience to listen to. So YES I get the glaze now.