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Title: Unlistenable
Review: I bought this a while back on the recommendation of a friend who praised it as the be-all, end-all of indie punk. I tried. Believe me, I tried. The messages, lyrics, ad ideas may be right on, but the music itself is bland and only so-so, pretty basic acoustic folk. And the vocals? God almighty, I can not get over how terrible Jeff Ott sounds on this thing. The sound is mixed horribly, the vocals are mixed WAY too loud, he sings completely off-key, it's just, well, words simply can't describe how utterly bad the singing is. I tried many times to like it, honestly I did. I just can't. It seems to me the good reviews of this CD are more because of the messages than the music itself. I appreciate good songwriting, but only when it's put to good song. It's a shame, because I really liked Crimpshrine (Ott's old band) but to me, this CD was wasted money because it is completely unlistenable, it's just not pleasing to the human ear.
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