Beck can be a difficult guy to figure out.

Up until 2005, much of his career was spent making drastically divergent albums. That year’s release, Guero, caught many off guard by uncharacteristically hearkening back to some of his earlier work. The Information continues in a similar vein, cramming a fruitful career of exploration into rapidly shifting yet easily digestible chunks.
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There are a few inflectional variations on the phrase, “I can’t complain,” that drastically alter its intended meaning. If stated with a glib, upbeat sense of irony, it can usually be translated to something like, “I am doing quite, quite well, and I’m happy that this opportunity to bask in my many successes has arisen.” Conversely, a hurried, defensive delivery reveals the bitter crest foaming over a deep sea of denial. There are endless variants, of course, but these two examples are most pertinent to the record that I am reviewing today.
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