Title: Focused Effort
Product review: Despite the nondescript cover, this is the most solid and focused collection they've come up with since 1992. Neither the sound nor the performances drift into wispiness as so much of their stuff from the past 20 years does.As always their influences are on their sleeves. "Incinerate" sounds more like Television that Television does. "Reena" sounds like the Allman Brothers (but tighter). "What a Waste" is Ziggy Stardust all the way. "Or" is Graham Lewis all the way. But the first three of those are solid tight songs - as is the low-end punky "Sleepin' Around" and Renaldo's impressionistic "Rats". Solid record, quite enjoyable.
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