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On the few tunes here which have some interesting melodic ideas,
's vocals are either too deep in the mix, just plain dull or too much like other alt rockers to make much impact. Most of the tunes follow the pattern of the title track, which begin with a cool, guitar-driven melodic chord progression, then go supercharged and wild to no real emotional payoff. The opening track
seems designed specifically to show us how much like
can be, but without anything memorable to say. The playing is awesome, however, with
and
's guitars quite overwhelming, and
's drums driving everything along powerfully.
actually invokes a cool, distorted guitar hypnovibe, and would probably be more interesting without the droning vocal line. But just as they get kind of playful and almost interesting on a track like
they ruin it with an obnoxious screamer like
The icy cover art has you half expecting something cool and unique. Instead, it's all just a wild party that goes on too long. ~ Jonathan Widran