Been there with GD, Sonic Youth, YLT, Tweedy, a lot of my favorite music. This is a push-pull phenomenon with a lot of my art preferences that I obsess over (musicians, writers, painters, filmmakers, photographers), and I actually think it helps me develop an almost healthier relationship. I accidentally went on an 11 year hiatus of seeing Phish. Didn't mean to, just happened. But what I (re)discovered upon the return was like a (re)baptism. I did the same thing with the Grateful Dead after the "Touch" phenomenon. Then, I sort of wandered into a Warlocks show in Hampton, and BAM! Wow. Sonic Youth, same thing. Unfortunately, I wandered away from them a bit and then heard that they broke up. Dang. Makes me wish for those final shows I could have caught while appreciating those I did. It may be a way for you to be subconsciously detaching and discovering new forms, styles, interests, only to come back into the fold refreshed. I remember not having seen SY for a number of years and reentering during the "Murray Street" tour. My jaw dropped, and I thought, Where have I been? I do that with bluegrass, too, though for the über traditional stuff, I stepped off that bus around '92 and have yet to return, unless it's on the radio or something. As some good friends once wrote and sang, "Man oh man oh friend of mine / all good things in all good time."