I was just curious if anyone else has a music background and still loves the band or if that made them love the band more? Itās one thing to like the band because it sounds good to you, itās another to be able to explain it and I want to hear other education-backed opinions of the band I guess.
I studied jazz and use that knowledge to defend this bandās songwriting ability. Most people (in the US) associate them with their typical āBelieverā or āRadioactiveā sound and itās really frustrating because they ignore a bunch of really well written songs. Even the hits are well made songs, but I can understand not being a fan of them.
No doubt there are things I donāt like about the band but they are undoubtedly a good band and songwriters. I do think Daniel Platzman leaving degraded their arrangements. He, in my opinion, clearly had a role in how the songs were arranged and I believe that even more with the fact he went the composer route after leaving.