They did not want Erikson to sing , even though he was a competent singer , because they wanted to avoid sounding like their previous band Spooner .
The band had written around five songs that they felt were pretentious and lyrically simple and literal .
band did not want Erikson to sing , even though he was a competent singer , because band wanted to avoid sounding like band 's previous band Spooner .
The band had written around five songs that they felt were pretentious and lyrically simple and literal .