Title: lots of "talent" but only enough to tease
Product review: Whenever a sample-happy metallic beat emerges we're in exciting new territory; unfortunately David Torn seldom lets a riff go on long enough to come close to satisfying. It's as if he wants to show off, to shock us a little, but is afraid we'll run away if he does an entire song in that mode. And then, over and over, we get these lengthy pseudo-flamenco maunderings that go absolutely nowhere no way nohow. And I personally hate it when an album has ONE vocal right in the middle. Torn would be much better off rocking the house with guest vocalists and leaving all that "thoughtful" dead air way behind. As it is, I couldn't get my head into this record one way or the other. It's too loud [occasionally] to be any kind of ambient, but the big beats fizzle out just when they've drawn you in. Why call yourself Splattercell if you're only going to sound like that 20% of the time?
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