[kj] Pylon further...

[Jim Harper]

Since we're looking for more Pylon discussion, I'll enlarge on my comments, informed by listening to the album on repeat since it became available.

In terms of consistency, for me this is the band's strongest album since Night Time. The general quality is very high. Even the weakest tracks (Delete and New Jerusalem IMHO) are still decent. For me, every KJ album since NT has included some fantastic material and a clutch of tracks I simply can't get into. That's not the case with Pylon. That may change when I hear the extra tracks, but that's my current assessment.

As to quality, the best songs from Pylon are among the best the band have released from Extremities onwards. Big Buzz, Euphoria, Into The Unknown, New Cold War are all up there with Pandemonium, Money Is Not Our God et al. 

In other words, it's a late-period masterpiece, a truly great achievement.

Jim.

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