Go Slow Down

made their best album since their debut by returning to the basic and elements that had always worked best for them. On their most acoustic outing, they also rediscovered themselves as songwriters, pursuing subjects unusually close at hand, whether sex, suicide, or the frustrations of the music business. No matter what the topic, they sounded like they meant it, and for once their eclecticism worked for them, providing them with a bagful of styles to evoke without overdoing it. may have been the statement of a band that had been through a lot and reached a point of emotional exhaustion, but used their experience to craft their most deeply felt and satisfying music. Two-and-a-half years after the album's release, its leadoff track, became a hit after being made the theme song of the TV series. ~ William Ruhlmann