Title: Overrated, amputated.
Product review: I enjoyed this record when I first bought it, I really did. But that enjoyment soured very quickly and I ended up selling the CD. What we have here is paint-by-numbers emo, similar to 764-HERO's fatal misstep, "Get Here And Stay". Sure, the performances are pleasant, the songs are unobtrusive but also very predictable with a short shelf life. But isn't that what NW rock is about? Yes, they have more than a little in common with Built To Spill. Yes, you can spot their influences a mile away. The production is the tinniest and shallowest I have heard in a while. Everything about this release seems designed to appeal to the indie-emo kids. Watching these guys twitch and smirk on cue at the Crocodile was beyond embarassing, especially since openers Pedro the Lion blew them off the stage so casually. Suck it up and like it, Seattle!
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