I really think that if jpeg never released anything past this point then this project would be held in much higher regard by people. ive seen some people say that this feels like underdeveloped versions of ideas Peggy would utilize later in his career, but I really have to disagree. sure, this album is much different than an album like LP or veteran or even STH, and in some ways that may hinder it (i.e. its messiness), but really the main difference of this record when compared to later JPEG projects is how abrasive it is. Peggy definitely has some tracks later on that are harsher on the ears, but this is full-on noisy and industrial. the ideas that Peggy would use later ARE here, but they're not underdeveloped in the slightest. they're just presented in a pretty different way than what we may be used to in a post-veteran version of Peggy's music.