having given it a fair few listens, I'm still really unsure as to how I feel about this album. it's really enjoyable, and I really respect thurston for just going at it and making the most conventionally 'rock' album of his career, but therein lies the problem: it just feels a bit pedestrian to me, like it's unnecessarily heavy at points and not nearly as melodically rich as anything he's done before.
live, though, I have no doubt that they would blow my fucking balls off.
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