The production leaves much to be desired with its tinny-sounding drums, but, fortunately, the negatives don't outweigh the positives on this album. Guitarist/vocalist
Greg Sage
writes fairly simplistic songs with power chords, but each melody infects your brain like a fever. Even though
Sage
is from Oregon, he sings in a New York-style slur not dissimilar to
Joey Ramone
. Throughout the album, there is a very dark and ominous feel to the material (e.g.,
"D-7"
), but it's made interesting on tracks like
"Alien Boy,"
which changes from 4/4 time to 2/4 time.
also has a unique guitar style where he strums chords and lets them sustain into feedback, which creates rich textures in the songs (e.g.,
"Potential Suicide"
and
"Don't Know What I Am"
). ~ Stephen Howell