Thank you for voicing your well-constructed thoughts in the "Pure Comedy" review. I think you're right on all counts. I love the album and I couldn't make sense of the hate until I read your review. If anything about the album is annoyingly pretentious, it is the listeners trying to pan it in the most intellectual-sounding and stylistic way.
If anything about the album is annoyingly pretentious, it is the listeners trying to pan it in the most intellectual-sounding and stylistic way.