This album is, quite simply, a series of moderate Art-Punk explosions, and the core chemical components are bouncy guitar licks, noise, saccharine and fun. Deerhoof are very attention deficit in their writing, but when they decide to write an actual song, they do a damn fine job - "Spirit Ditties of No Tone", "Wrong Time Capsule", and "Siriustar" in particular are very catchy, enjoyable little numbers. The band plays about going a million ideas an hour, which leads to many successes and some failures, creating a heavy unevenness to the album, but the raw charm is enough to make it worthwhile. Certainly not for everybody, but people that enjoy Art-Punk and experimentation will be able to find that Deerhoof actually have a knack for catchiness and melody, if rather jagged and jangly.
Also, Matsuzaki's little birdlike voice makes me happy every time I listen to it.
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