After their last album, it feels like the band has given up and taken the easy route of full mainstream pop rock. This solo project kind of hints at that as well.

Just because you write 50 songs doesn't mean you have to add half of them. This album needs a serious trimming down which is unfortunate because a lot of their best stuff is on here. If this track listing was the final product I'd argue Stadium Arcadium would be in their top 3:

1. Dani California
2. Snow ((Hey Oh))
3. Slow Cheetah
4. Wet Sand
5. Hey
6. Desecration Smile
7. If
8. We Believe
9. Turn It Again
10. Death of a Martian

Page, Bonham, Beck, Redding, Hopkins and somehow this is just average

As of recently the Oh Sees have started to take a prog rock direction in their releases. As much as I like their heavy live performances, I think it's time to go full prog and ditch the heavy for at least an album or two. Unfortunately, Face Stabber is trying to be two things at once. Long extended jam sessions surrounded by short bursts of energy seem like a good idea on paper, however at an hour and twenty minute runtime it starts to drag on. For me, this record would have been one of their ... read more