Thanks for always posting it in my absence!

Hey, I'm the editor/author. I may be overexaggerating the backlash a bit, likely because I spend so much time curating content for the newsletter each week that I'm constantly exposed to the worst-of-the-worst reactions.

I believe it requires sidecar lyric files, although I'm not sure which formats it all supports.

You might try something like this to collect them: https://github.com/f1nniboy/lrcmux

Would you mind sharing more about your experience with Simplefin? I've been looking to make the jump, but I've read a fair amount of feedback that seems to indicate it might not be worth it given issues with instability, inconsistency syncing, etc.