I don't know if there were tensions in the band or what but, similarly to the EP, they have loads of cool ideas and then they make forgettable, generic rock songs out of them, as if they never really committed to being a little spicy. The cool bass intro of 3, the dope intro to 9 or the intro to 13 and 14 are all followed by relatively vapid songs. 1 is a cool intro track and 2 unfolds unexpectedly after a cool intro, but all in all it's a fun song. 5 is quite fun but feels really generic after a little while. 7 shows how cool and Slintey they can get, but it is one of the very few songs where they sort of commit to that aesthetic by repeating some of the more dissonant riffs - and still for the most part it's a pretty generic song. Because 6 and 8 (nice intro riff though, maintains a bit of the slint aesthetic) are bores it also feels a touch incongruous unfortunately. 10 shows that despite most songs being forgettable, the bass on this record is usually pretty cool. Beside the tracks I've mentioned this is all quite forgettable to aggressively boring really - the conclusion is one of the worst with melodies that are simplistic to the extreme, and brings this down maybe a point. 3.0
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