Slightly Sorry is far less fragile than the previous record from P.G. Six (aka Patrick Gubler)-- it features fewer nods to British luminaries like Bert Jansch, fuller instrumentation, and more MOR country-rock. This isn't a bad thing, and it's often very pretty, but it's hardly something you'd guess was the work of a former member of a seminal noise outfit like Tower Recordings. There's less of the experimental folk or abstract interludes that marked his earlier work, and it's great to hear Gubler exploring a more accessible, less deliberately obscure route. His songwriting has become more pop-minded, providing a better platform for lyrics and melody. This should be a good thing-- if only those lyrics had something to say. Working within a genre doesn't mean the lyrics have to be tired and cliché, yet the disc's first big hook, "The Dance", has a clunker of a chorus: "But I wonder if you dance/ Are your eyes fixed on each other in romance/ I'm not askin' for another chance." Garth Brooks did this song better like 18 years ago.