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The "height" of this album is "China Steps", which is barely on the same level as an average track from Preoccupations. I've never seen such a grossly overrated album on this board.

@78450535

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You almost got me. Nobody is this retarded.

You have to be joking Public Strain is the best thing any of these groups have produced, nothing else they have is that consistent and well rounded

>melodies are flat
>drone elements lack depth or atmosphere
>vocals are grating, and lyrics are impossible to take seriously
>over-reliance on time signature fuckery, in a way that makes it obvious they're grasping for experimental credentials
It's a rough album.

>melodies are flat

I genuinely feel bad for you

wew lad

>melodies are flat
>vocals are grating
>drone elements lack depth or atmosphere

I was totally open to having a discussion with you about this album but...you have to be baiting, right? Or is your brain broken?

The opening track - "Can't You See" - is sort of the perfect example of the album's numerous problems when it comes to incorporating even basic songwriting components. It has a hard open on metallic droning that Neu! or This Heat might have incorporated on their self-titled albums all the way back in the '70s, has a bassline placidly thumping out an ascending melody that really doesn't match the tone of those sounds, and to top it off we're given a maudlin chant with high school poetry. It does everything it can to impress upon the listener that what they're experiencing is dark, brooding, ugly, and visceral; but it's tedious and meanders to the point where the sound design (which I genuinely love) begins boring me to tears very quickly. They waste the good elements by trying to branch out to other areas. The ugly droning had potential, but they drown that out with Syd Barrett chord progressions/vocals in attempt to do something a little more than just drone. "Heat Distraction" follows that up with one of the most annoying attempts at a 7-beat measure I've ever heard. It's jarring how wrong it all is.

Telstar Drugs
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