Surgery Channel has some great tunes, but in the immense musical landscape, bands like this are popping up every day, so is that enough anymore? I kind of expected to be more blown away.
With a twisted approach to a tried sound, The C.I.A. expand on their declarations of their debut, enhancing every note, every string, every crash, and a lot of it comes from how well the three synchronize their unique sounds. This may be the most energized Ty Segall has sounded since Manipulator, and that can mostly be attributed to his wife and her piercing presence.
Not often I come across an album that I actively dislike and one that I can’t wait to be over, but this is it. I imagine this will be the worst album of the year.
▲ = Inhale Exhale, Impersonator, Bubble, Construct, Over
▬ = Better, Surgery Channel l+ll, You Can Be Here, The Wait, Under
▼ =
1 | Introduction 1:37 | 55 |
2 | Better 2:36 | 68 |
3 | Inhale Exhale 2:19 | 65 |
4 | Impersonator 3:18 | 68 |
5 | Surgery Channel, Pt.1 2:54 | 73 |
6 | Surgery Channel, Pt.2 3:49 | 50 |
7 | Bubble 2:50 | 70 |
8 | You Can Be Here 2:09 | 68 |
9 | The Wait 2:13 | 75 |
10 | Construct 2:30 | 63 |
11 | Under 2:33 | 65 |
12 | Over 2:59 | 70 |