What a deflate from Neko Case.  This is from the period where Dave Matthews Band got windy, slow, cumbersome, and boring.  They sound like they are just jamming, and that is not usually a good thing.   Bands sitting around jamming might be greatly entertaining to themselves (I can see them smiling and laughing at someone finding a nice new improved riff) but to the audience, it is like being left out of some really great in-joke that only the band can enjoy (because you had to be there all those thousands of times they were playing this to understand why such and such flute is so damn great.)  Jamming is often just an excuse to wander aimlessly in musical space without really doing anything.

This song, for example, is not particularly coherent— the mood is all over the place, the theme is sloppy, lyrically it is pretty bland, and the music doesn't flow particularly smoothly or sensically from one bit to another.

I hope this is a thoughtful enough criticism.  Sometimes it is hard to pinpoint why something stinks, but it is useful to attempt it.     

so good......