I was thinking the other day about some criticizing Dev for recycling and I had a couple of, what I think are, interesting insights. One is that recycling and pastiche are hallmarks of this generation's artistic expression, particularly in post-modern circles. I don't know that one could fully characterize Dev as post-modern metal, but it fits many of the characteristics.
Second was that I recall reading an author, possibly Faulkner or Hemingway, saying that authors tell the same story but in different forms. I think Coppola also said that directors make the same movie over and over but in different ways. I imagine that it may be similar for other artists, like Dev. They keep singing the same song but in different keys and different melodies, that it is inevitable that there will be similarities.
So, between the pastiche, the recycling, and the same song being sung, it would account for much of what some are mentioning when it comes to this album. It doesn't mean Dev is being lazy or running out of ideas. It is the mode of expression.
Looping green and blue, and you will go letting yourself certainly the meal once again through the head. But after the departure, you feel free and happily like after your first orgasm - and you will beg for addition. - German review of SYL's "Alien"
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