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Simply awful sophomore effort., 16 April 2008

I rarely feel the need to post a review on Amazon since they are so quick to get lost amidst the reems of generally positive reviews posted on any item.

But since this album has had so many great reviews i had to stick my thumb out with the simply opinion that this is a really, really bad album.

I wanted to like it, i really did. His debut was rough and enjoyable, and showed plenty of promise. Sadly the production on this album saps the very straightforward and samey tunes of the little hummability they may have had to begin with, and we're left with an overly long, sparse, emotionally devoid album that wouldn't be offensive if it weren't for the obvious fact that… Read more

An enchanting flurry of addictive songwriting, 14 April 2003

It begins with what I was expecting: a new york style strokes rhythm pounding distorted vocals punk song. But as quickly as this song comes into view, they throw it all away. As if to prove that they could do it if they wanted to but don't need to. They continue with a brush between the good bits of Alanis Morrisette crossed with sudden quiet and heartfelt lo-fi Lori Carson tyle. It's a gorgeous album that grows and grows on you.

A Blisteringly Fierce One-Off, 16 Mar 2003

It's so damn sad....the fantastic bands that come and go through the decades, leaving wonderous debuts in their wake, and fastly subsiding under the weight of commercial, manufactured pop music. Back in 1996, two bands did this to me. Two bands that i honestly believe could have stood at the top of the pop and rock heap respectively and screamed their lungs out....one was the fantastic, Blur beating melodies of OCTOPUS with debut A to B. The other was a little band called SALT with Ausculate.

I have to admit that to begin with, only two tracks on this album did anything for me. But as i matured, so did the music with me, and before i knew it the entire album was a bloody fist to the… Read more