NTFMTS wrote:I think their actions and responses based off of the expectations they've garnered over the years is perhaps the most healthy way to handle making music for the public - remove yourself out of the equation. A lot of artists do survive or thrive in the public eye, but considering context, sometimes remaining in the background and giving yourself boundaries that don't belong to what fans want is how the music is crafted in its most basic and essential way.
So when I hear people say it will never be received as well or live up to what is expected - my personal advice is just expect the unexpected and don't accept the disappointment you see others express and just listen and decide for yourselves. And it doesn't really matter at all how much it lives up to how it's received or anticipated - I feel like that is the antithesis to how they make their music... or I'm just projecting
Though to be fair, the bands popularity has majorly increased since tomorrow’s harvest, if you go on YouTube and search boards of Canada & click on today you’ll get 2 or 3 videos of BoC fan-made videos that say “3 hours ago” And I wouldn’t of thought they’d be that popular (well I mean on YouTube) Even though their last album was in 2013 I’m seeing daily videos for its songs (probably because of the themes that now represent scarily the past two years)
I mean if tomorrow’s harvest was one (if not the best) album of 2013, you must feel the weight on their shoulders to follow it up as it’s quite a hard to do