[benderkoz]

A perfect beginning to both NOH and the tour. It's dark and intriguing. It sets up the narrative well on the record, even though that narrative goes off the rails (imo of course) fairly quickly after that. What I love more than anything is that I feel like she is being challenged a bit. She shows her musical chops again. Something certainly missing over the last couple of album openers, unless of course you find Yo George to be a challenging piece of music. As others have said, I wish it was a bit more intense on the album. I mean your relationship ended, and blood is involved. You can freak out a bit. But I am happy to see her ramp it up live. It deserves and needs it.