Well I didn't like it! And I am entitled to that opinion - unfashionable though it may be.

As for originality - just because you achieve an original sound doesn't necessarily mean it's a good one.

As for: "It had "nothing to do with folk music" (whatever that is). Hadn't it? Didn't you look at the galaxy of musicians in the band and trace a lineage of collaborators and influences?"

Well, no! What has "tracing lineages" got to do with anything? I didn't think we were 'allowed' to live in the past!