Looses a bit of its (punk) edge compared to LP1 for a dreamier album, but still retains some.
Even moreso than on LP1, the vocals are a bit too soft at times. 1 is a very spacious intro with
cool iberian touches added, but with too discrete vox, and 2 has roaring guitars that are quite
cool. 3 already gives a bit of this 'molle' impression with a very subdued and long intro that
leaves an impression of a long blank between tracks, but once it finally opens up on the midtrack
it is cool. 4 is lovely and shows how much synthier this album is, but idk about hte vox. 5 is
pretty meh as even the tones aren't that great. 6 is one of the highllights here with an ultra
cool polyrhythmic unfold with a bouncy bass under noisy textures, and 7 again shows some of that
Unpleasant Surprise, ultra gritty guitar tone that I am not sure fits the album all that well.
The track feels a bit meh as you don't really know where it wants to take you, and it feels a bit
like an interlude stretched over five minutes. 8 again has a super cool unfold on the drums, and
again the vocals are a bit disappointing. 9 is nice as far as interludes go, 10 is voaclly cheesy
but does have more to it instrumentally than the first minute shows. 11 shows yet again the very
gritty distortion this album can get to, and again idk if these noisy textures really fit, but
aside from being slightly overlong the track is otherwise cool. 12 wouldn't really work in a
vacuum but fits well here as a nice interlude before 13 and 14 get a lot angrier which is really
cool. 14 especially concludes the album very well, going into some Slintey weirdness, and
probably bumps the album a point. LP feels like an excellent band in search of a direction,
rather than an excellent LP, but some of the tracks are really good. 3.7
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