I love Minus the Bear, it's my favourite band of all time. I have most their albums and EP's
at a "5". I even like the first recordings of Jake's first band, State Route 522. This album
here however, was kind of a weak effort to me. It is very long and drawn-out, songs become
boring and repetitive quite quickly, the singing isn't nearly as prominently featured as in
Minus the Bear, and especially the samples threw me off completely. Listening to random
laughing skits from an unknown female midway into a ten minute instrumental epic isn't
exactly what I am looking for when wanting to chill and wanting to enjoy some Jake magic.
So, all in all, this was dead on arrival. Unfortunately. I'd rather listen to State Route
522 on repeat and miss out on Jake's vocals then revisit this pretentious
snoozefest again, I am sorry. 2.5 points for the musicianship.
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