Lames232

y'know, the main reason why i'm so inactive is just because it's kinda hard to come up with words for music that don't sound cliched. like, what am i supposed to say to this out side of it sounding pretty? this isn't related to the record i'm just randomly venting

insipid.

fairly bland. it's steve albini's first release in general so there's obviously gonna be some rough edges but i find the poor production and performances kill a lot of the songs here. it sounds soft compared to big black's later releases. steelworker is wonderful.

really exciting jazz-rock album that constantly straddles the line between weird and groovy. the album introduces itself with the discordant title track before following it up with the slightly more conventional "gestations". (keyword being "slightly".) some of the other highlights include (but aren't limited to) "universal security", the weirdest the album has to offer with its intimidating guitars and lewis' chaotic sax playing, and "clutch", ... read more