A Ghost is Born

I'm not sure if I should recommend the new Wilco album. I loved the 15 minutes of noise on track 11, reminiscent of Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music (though more benign) but the rest is burdened by an uber-relaxed aesthetic, with Jeff Tweedy's bored vocals acting like protective armor -- as if to say in case we don't like it, he can say that he wasn't really trying .

I have already flip-flopped a few times. It has a cool cover, cool title and cool typeface. And I like to think that this is what Nirvana would be sounding like as Kurt Cobain was approaching 40.