This album is heavily influenced by Brainiac?s first album, and it shows. Travis Morrison is constantly hollering over the
cacophonous intro track, ?Survey Says?, almost sounding like he?s trying to emulate Tim Taylor.rThe album goes
through a ride between the more chaotic songs, and softer songs like ?I?m Going to Buy You a Gun? with its bouncy
sounding drum track to pick it up.rIt has flaws, like ?14th and Euclid? and ?Wouldn?t You Like to Know?? easily being the
weakest tracks on the album by far, the chaotic energy not really helping make them into compelling tracks.rStill, it has
enough tracks like the dance punk influence of ?OK Joke?s Over? and closing track ?Rusty?, with its melancholic
nostalgia of childhood behind calm bass and guitar riffs, to make it well worth checking out after listening to the classic
albums ?Emergency & I? and ?Change?.
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