What Bump said,
Also though, Damo has spoken at length about how important the year or so he spent busking the streets of Europe was to him. He said when people are rushing past you all day long you really learn to listen to yourself playing. I think this is key. Damo on "O" sounds as if he's singing to himself and you are eavesdropping as opposed to when he was trying very hard to be the supercool rockGod frontman in Juniper. Juniper's stuff is also very overproduced for today's listeners whereas "O" is so stripped down you aren't constantly being reminded you're listening to the same album a million other folks are.
It's essentially the difference between presentational (musical theatre) and representational (the audience is looking through the invisible 'fourth wall' of the room) performances. One sucks you into inhabiting its world and the other you permit to entertain you as a member of a group.
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