[Uncle4]

Got mine yesterday. Overall it’s great! I’m not a big fan of Steve Albini as an engineer, but the one thing he’s really good at is putting a band in a comfortable, creative situation where they can just play. It definitely sounds like they’re having a great time playing together. For as complicated as the arrangements and parts are, the whole album has a really live feel.

Musically, I’d definitely say this follows on directly from LLM. Almost all of the vocals are doubled and a lot are harmonized. Long instrumental and solo sections. A lot of odd meter grooves.

I’d disagree with the earlier review calling Mr Victim a straight ahead rock song. It’s as intense as the rest and to me has a hint of early King Crimson sprinkled in with the Yes. The pounding riff that opens and closes it reminds me of Demon Box for some reason. At the moment I’d have to say that my least favorite track is the title track.

Now I just have to get that turntable installed in my car…

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