This is really, really cool and I wasn't expecting what I heard. I would have hearted pretty much every track if it was on Spotify like their other stuff (rip). 1-2 are a very cool punkish take on shoegaze (this is from 1989 too so not the earliest stuff but quite early), 3 is cool too, and then the album goes surprisingly ahrd on 4-5. They really are aggressive insturmentally and it is inspiring, music that I would like to play. The only issue I slightly take is the vocals, which whilst quite good remain at the same energy level they were at on softer shoegazey tracks, which doesn't always fit hugely with these more aggressive tracks. But still ok and instrumentally they are dope. 6 is calmer and has a fun beat, it's still cool but not as outstanding as the rest. 7 has a really great tone and is nice and noisy - again, super cool, whilst 8 comes back to more of the shoegazey tone to conclude things nice and softly first then with a more rock approach. The prod on this has a slightly raw flavour which I dig, especially the drums which get quite loud and aggressive at times. Impressive and an album I'll jam again I think. 3.9
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