Oh, d'you know what? I was just the same. That was actually the second time I'd listened to the album, but the first time was through laptop speakers whilst I was trying to absorb the dossier, also for the first time... and really the album did just wash right over me. But somehow the beauty just seemed to slot into place whilst I was reading this fic, and it's stayed there ever since. I'm not sure it'll ever beat Rook, though (I mean, Rook has Home Life. Home Life.)

And I actually still don't have Everybody Makes Mistakes. I feel like this makes me a really bad fan...