My favorite Sebadoh experience. Lines are being drawn in the sand, though, so it's kinda weird going. Noise doesn't permeate. It just pops up every time Eric comes around. The rest of the album is a pleasant exchange of bubbly heartbreak pop songs between Lou and Jason. They're good, sure, but this would be an awfully Carpenters-esque lil' record without Eric's wonderfully bizarre semi-free/structured jazz/goof/rock/minimalism/experimental doohickies. In fax, Gaffney's daffneys are my personal ... read more
What they achieved with their fourth album is pretty significant for the indie world, since they managed to balance on the stretched rope hanging from their heart to the professional studio, without ever falling.