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'Baby Bye Bye' incorporates a lot of the instrumentation Mac has developed over the course of his career. Again, it's a shame that a track that sounds like the demo of a song ends up on the album when some more time could have helped formulate a more interesting sound. 'Skyless Moon' has Mac crooning in increasing pitches to varying degrees of success. It's probably one of the only tracks on the album, along with 'Nobody' and 'Preoccupied' that I'm happy to hear come on.
'All Of Our Yesterdays' is a track that sounds straight ripped from 'This Old Dog', which isn't a bad thing. 'On The Square' has potential, but again I personally don't like the chorus chords on the synth, it's far too grating in pitch. 'Hey Cowgirl' is a laid back track that doesn't quite land the chord progression for me, but is again a safe entry. Not a bad track, with phased synths on the chorus that add a sonic edge on the acoustic tracks that come before them, but a bit safe. 'Heart to Heart' brings back some of the synth-laden tracks of 'Another One', with a walkabout bass-line, where Mac gesticulates once again on nostalgic love lost. 'K' is a peaceful song, not the worst on the album but again, we've had our fair share of Mac tracks that are about his other half, so it feels like the song itself is just retreading familiar themes (Still Together on '2', Let My Baby Stay on 'Salad Days'). 'Choo Choo' bases itself on a fairly catchy lick, but we really do not need to put up with two-and-a-half-minutes of Mac limply emulating a steam train and it seems like an utterly wasted space. It's enjoyable, but still doesn't have the same hooks Mac is known for. There's shades of Mac playing his guitar akin to some of the most jam-worthy tracks on 2 and Salad Days, but quieter and more reserved. 'Preoccupied' isn't a bad track, if anything it's one of the other highlights for me.
The energy seems completely void, even when it seems like Mac is evolving and trying to break out towards something different, the payoff is always marginalised by how little it actually works. 'Finally Alone' and 'Little Dogs March' are, for me, perfectly skip-worthy tracks. The palm muted guitars and lyrics create a genuine atmosphere that unfortunately doesn't permeate the rest of the album. 'Nobody', though a much more stripped down Mac track, is really great. The first track, from which the album is based on, is a loop that goes on and doesn't have any sonic or lyrical impact. A release that seems less like the effortless Mac of 2, Salad Days and even This Old Dog, but more like the output of an artist who doesn't A release that seems less like the effortless Mac of 2, Salad Days and even This Old Dog, but more like the output of an artist who doesn't want to make the effort.