Tell your friends.

Given a long enough time in the spotlight, many bands release their “weird” record— a departure in songwriting, style, production etc. Sometimes these records remain black sheep among the band’s faithful; other times these records push the band into new creative territory and the fans are grateful (see Kid A, above).

If you are a fan of a band that has a ‘black sheep’ album like this, I want to talk to you about it! Is it a better or worse direction for the band? How did it change the band’s style going forward? Why did they make this music when they did? Whatever the band, whatever your opinion, I’d love to have a quick chat on Skype about it. Send me a message on Tumblr, or just an old-fashioned electronic mailing with your name, the band/album you want to talk about and a brief sentence or two about what you think. If you don’t mind me recording audio from our conversation, then your comments could end up in the podcast!

I hope to hear from you!

Lars Ulrich thinks it sounds great.

Loudness Wars, this week on Sounds Familiar.

People have strong opinions about the loudness war.

…this week on Sounds Familiar.