I got a feeling LP4 will be more traditional, just a hunch - I hope that doesn't mean Sardy will be back on board as well.

WBTM is a very solid record and easily his best one, but I feel some of it isn't fully realized. You can tell on each song who's the person front and center between Noel and David, it doesn't sound like a seamless combo outside of tunes like If Love Is the Law, It's A Beautiful World, The Man Who Built The Moon for instance. It's a jubilant record with a bit of darkness but overall I'd categorize it as a late summer record - still high on life but knowing things will wind down soon.

It makes me want LP4 to explore darker tones, especially a song like The Man Who Built The Moon. Dead In The Water for instance, while not part of the album sessions, feels like it could be elevated from a solid Noel tune to a haunting, dark ambient ballad with Holmes at the production desk. In this setting, Noel can go back to his classic way of songwriting, but maintains new sounds and goes places that will be uncomfortable for many but painfully relatable. It seems poetic too if LP4 is darker, you get the sunshine with Who Built the Moon, now back to reality. It's A Beautiful world sarcastically foreshadows that.