To be fair, Bowie released a record in '03, was touring up to '04 and was even still contributing to albums in 2008 and had a very good health reason for taking a break (and a much larger back catalogue for fans to walow in). What's MBV's excuse? They, in theory, were recording this record since Loveless in '91. That's a workrate that even Scott Walker would call a little tardy.
To be fair, Bowie released a record in '03, was touring up to '04 and was even still contributing to albums in 2008 and had a very good health reason for taking a break (and a much larger back catalogue for fans to walow in). What's MBV's excuse? They, in theory, were recording this record since Loveless in '91. That's a workrate that even Scott Walker would call a little tardy.
Imagine if its awful! You've been working on something for 22 years approximately, and the general public just say 'meh'.