See, despite dozer's hip stance of preferring early stuff, I think he is one of those writers who has improved with age.
Plus the new LP has a naked lady on the cover, which in my experience of buying blind on second hand records means there will be a couple of great tunes on it.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 8:49, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

I think his Grinderman stuff is way better than the Bad Seeds normal stuff,
and would indeed put him the Beastie Boys' 'actually improved with age' category in which there are virtually no acts other than them. Still, 'meh'. Being better than the Bad Seeds stuff is no great achievement.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 8:51, Reply)

mid-period
Not early stuff.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 8:52, Reply)

that's when his heaviest flow of music came out

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 9:46, Reply)