The new video for “It Was Never Gonna Turn Out Too Good” from Gang Of Four’s recently released album Content.

I’m a big fan of the band, but this moody song with its vocoderized spoken-word vocal is over before it begins. To hell with poetry! Where the funk at? Lift off aborted.

I’m wondering why Gang Of Four’s new stuff feels so restrained. Where’s the fire? Where’s the groove? Is the absence of original Gang members drummer Hugh Burnham and bassist Dave Allen the reason that this seems so listless?