These folks were all playing together, and they all had chops. But their chops took a lot of chopping to feel like a song. Itβs not the kind of track that wants to be snapped to a grid, but it also canβt sound like five players in separate rooms where they canβt hear and respond to one another.
A lot of players, even in the studio, feel compelled to shred when they should probably be disappearing into the sonic presentation as a whole. A song is a team sport, or something like that….