>And while showing respect to those whose tastes are different to mine some of the comments there look suspiciously like euphemisms:

those who are interested in that sort of thing .... ragged .... modern dewiness .... astringency .... timbre flickering and quivering<

They strike me as valiant attempts to express why EO doesn't necessarily meet the expectations generally associated with newer female singers on the scene. Good thing for some, bad thing (clearly) for others.