11 tracks
release date: april 1
I guess I was one of the few who didn't care too much for
their first album. It's not that i disliked it, it's just
that i felt it was rather ho-hum. Upon first listen,
their follow-up sounds like a much stronger album. The album
presents no surprises: it's one extended trip through loops of
guitar licks, hip hop beats, the odd vocal sample & more
use of effects like fading sounds in & out. Just when the
hiphop loop begins to sound redundant, they surprise me
and muck the sound around. for example, i was going to
criticize em for being unable to change tempo (the same
hard-hop sound used in setting sun & others), when 1/2
through they surprise me w/ "it doesn't matter", an acid-
house/trance number w/ breakbeat interludes that sounds
almost like josh wink. "Don't stop the rock" contains
a very familiar (and now cliche) sample & reminds me
a lot of vol. one of the "Live @ Social..." compilations on Concrete/
Deconstruction. Not only is there more complex use of samplers
& better selection of sounds, but this album is funkier than
the first.