Just a few years prior, The Hollies were cranking out underrated gems like the psychedelic-tinged
Evolution and
Butterfly. Now while I find a lot of the hype around the latter to be a bit overstated,
Evolution is a genuinely excellent effort - unfortunately, Graham Nash also left just a few years prior, and from what I've heard on
Distant Light it sounds like they've lost their way. You know it's a rough time when even a hit like "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" play like a dehydrated Creedence track, left out in the sun to prune. The rest of the material on
Distant Light lacks any weight or punch to it, and you'll find that many songs sputter out by the middle mark. Even more "ambitious" moments like "You Know the Score" lack any star power or interesting material. Points of this sound like worse Byrds material - in a year where The Byrds put out
Byrdmaniax and
Farther Along, that is an accomplishment in failure. Keep your distance.
😴
Listen to Distant Light.
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