A more restrained and tighter effort from the Birthday Party, but by no means any less twisted. This album is less of a sonic assault than their previous efforts: The guitar noise is more controlled and used more to accent the songs than define them, the deflated sounding brass instruments of their debut are entirely absent, instead favoring driving, vicious basslines and an often dirge-like atmosphere. Nick's singing is also vastly different, he sounds more brooding and seductive as opposed to the barking lunatic on "Junkyard".
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