Really cool and yeepee they're Belgian. While I appreciated them, I wasn't so sold on the first couple tracks, where I found myself wishing they dropped the sort of gothic atmosphere and went into something more on their punkish side and catchier. And thankfully, that's what they do. 3 is particularly cool and 4 is even catchier. 5 and its glacial synth wall and overall slower atmosphere works better than 1-2 thanks to contrast effect. 6-8 rely on a simple bass groove to tie the songs together, and it all works, 6 being the most interesting one as it ventures on top of that into random jazz sounds and stuff whereas the other two are simpler but I daresay catchier. 9 then goes back to a gloomy, ominous vibe, but I kind of like that as a conclusion. I am rating the original vinyl version here, but the CD sounds are worth a check. They do feel like disjointed bonus tracks though even though they dont seem to be presented as such, but 10 is a jam, 11 has a nice vibe to it even though i find it a bit weaker, and 12 is nice. Kinda making me want to glance at their (much) later output. 3.8
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