I feel for the Byrds. The Notorious Byrd Brothers saw me falling asleep one afternoon last year. I don't know how much of this was because of my lunch; given my later reactions to the album, I'm inclined to say that it didn't have all that much to do with the songs themselves. But what I remember is dozing off somewhere after "Get To You", awakening to the moog much later on. And now this year, I tempted fate once more by trying to listen to Younger Than Yesterday, which I was hunting for ever since I got interested in the band, also in the afternoon. I didn't fall asleep this time, but my reaction was far more disrespectful - I switched it off midway. Alright, so this was because something else came up at the time, but the thing is I was glad that I had an excuse to turn the thing off, because I was just unbelievably disappointed. Last time I listen to Starostin, that's fer sure. I don't want to put too much into my initial reaction, but let me at least note that most of the songs went by me without making any sort of lasting impression. No impressive melodies, harmonies, jangling guitar lines, nothing.

Albums that I've stopped midway have an unfortunate history of lying unlistened to. Wonder what fate this one will suffer.