I'm irritated with their claims to aiming for a more stripped down, natural sound actually turning out to yield an album just as overproduced as the first, just with a lot of strings instead of synths.
True, true. :/

I'm sorry you're so disappointed! I only listened to it once, because I actually want to wait until the album drops to really listen to it and pay attention to the lyrics and all. I liked Pas de Cheval and She's a handsome woman the best, I think. But it didn't make me flail or anything, like I would have expected. I'm more intrigued by the new Donots album, which was streamed today on their website, too, it'lll drop March 28th and they're my favorite german band. So maybe this Pretty. Odd. not being so great isn't too disappointing for me because I'm busy flailing about their new album? IDK. I definately was disappointed when everyone was flailing over NITA and the video for it, I didn't like it that much. SIGH.

Anyway, maybe the album will grow on you? Maybe we'll have to listen to it more often until we realize we like it? Or something. I don't know, I need sleep. Ha-

And also, I'd be so pissed if I payed 70 dollars for that deluxe version of the album. I'M SORRY YOU DID. *hugs*