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Title: It's no Botch, but....
Review: I like a lot of people was probably let down initially by this disk. I like all sorts of music and I'm a huge fan of Botch (a band some members of TAAS were in previously). Most hardcore musicians opt for the indie rock route after thier angrier projects run their course, and while TAAS doesn't rock the frenetic riffs of Botch, this record more than holds its own. It's something of a throbbing, midtempo, dark record that would be filed next to Quicksand or the Jesus Lizard with a singer that yelps like a VSS-era Sonny Kay if anyone ever gets around to writing a punk rock Dewey Decimal system. Anyhow, it took this record a bit to grow on me, but those kinds or records are usually the ones that stick.Also, they did the smart thing by releasing a 5 song EP as a debut instead of opting to drop a record right away. I'm stoked to hear what they do next.
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