I liked the Year Zero ARG stuff. It's one of the few concept albums that actually listens better when you pay attention to the narrative. Pitchfork liked The Slip because it was a relatively conservative album (excuse me: tightly focused), and because it sounded more like PHM than any of his other albums. And as for…

"the Beyoncalikes were clones Beyonce had commissioned to be a grand army to fight the seperatists"

I killed and ate the bluebird of happiness.

Seasonale is Birth Control That's Just a Little Different. (And when your time does come, hold on to your fucking hat.)

It's funny because you expect him to do one thing, but then he does the complete opposite.