'Path Of Wellness' review: New Sleater-Kinney lacks old rage but still kicks up a storm

Now a duo, Sleater-Kinney can still kick up a storm, albeit not as violent of one as they did back in their glory days. – Photo: Karen Murphy

Do bands owe it to their fans to stick to what first won them an audience, rather than changing with the times? Of course not. If Charlie Watts quit Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, would they be justified in still calling the band the Rolling Stones? Yes, but it wouldn't be the same.

Such are the issues and anxieties that Sleater-Kinney fans have struggled with since drummer Janet Weiss left the riot-grrl band after the unintentionally aptly titled 2019 album The Center Won't Hold.