This album has an uphill battle with me, honestly. With four covers, plus slapping a few songs from his EP last year on here, plus the pandemic-outreach song on the album - it nearly makes the record feel more like a compilation record, rather than an album, proper. Even the track listing specifies ...

Is it just me or are the press reviews for this album the strongest for years? Certainly seems to be more 8,9 and 10 scores and some really strong commentary. An album for the neutrals? had same observation. Most simple explanation could be that ...it is indeed a good album! But your remark about t...

I didn't interpret it as "We're going to record these songs in front of a crowd" - it seems like he's going to record them with the band, in the venue, not necessarily during a show.