Headphone Dust

My headphones are making my ears sweat. Bizarre. They also cut me off too much from the world around me, so listening this morning was restricted to the new Porcupine Tree album.

Very good. However, two things irritate me:

1) The distorted vocals, particularly that 'as if heard through a radio' thing. Used too frequently on recent albums, and repeated here,

2) A thirty-something man (/men) singing as if from the perspective of tennagers. I think I can see their point, but it doesn't quite work for me. Kind of like putting words in my mouth.

Musically, though, it's very strong and very interesting.

Danny Baker's Podcast "Ver 4.7" is apparently out, but I can't download it. There's apparently some important announcement (charging for future episodes?), but I can't get it...