The decision to recede into the realms of dull, beige music you might hear at 4pm strolling through the aisles of Asda would *maybe* make a semblance of sense, if the previous album had been a massive success after the last-minute decision to pivot and turn it into a ‘typical’ Sam Smith affair.
But, wasn’t it in fact kind of a flop, compared to their previous releases? Like, two years too late and a rather tedious affair to sit through, it’s not surprising it didn’t set the world alight.
Sigh, what could have been…