After I listened to it I put some of their newer albums on and while I appreciated them I found them a lot more difficult to listen to. Director's cut is so much more musical and less noisey. Mike Patton is probably my favorite vocalist but the newer albums seem to be a lot more freaking out and not so much actual singing. I love the fact that he can go from lounge singer mode to spawn of satan at the drop of a hat but lately he's been doing the demon sound a little too much for me.
I saw them on tour last year (with Terry Bozzio drumming 
) It was... an experience 
But an enjoyably psychotic one.
