A combination of live and studio tracks which both suffer from a number of problems. First, the recording quality, which is unanimously poor. Second, the songs themselves: Ruins is a two-man band, bass + a drummer/vocalist, but these compositions are, apart from certain moments, more headache-inducing than engaging. John Zorn shows up on sax for a couple of tracks, and his presence adds noisy chaos to the mix, but it isn't enough to save this disc. The best tracks are the ones with some sort of discernible groove ("Tropic," "Dry Lungs"). The rest of the time, the bad recording quality plus chaotic songs results in a fuzzy haze.
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