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Really like GBV, but they do suffer from being overly experimental at times.
Really liked this album. Short indie rock songs.
Just how I like it, 28 tracks on a single album and still only 41 minutes long. No song is long enough to get bored of. Most of the songs are like a tease, and I want more, but I know more wouldn't be better.
I get why some people would hate this but I quite like it. Weird and unique, very deserving to be in this list.
It's a bit different, 28 songs in 45 minutes (give or take), recorded on a 4 track machine. Personally I would have preferred less songs, e.g. cut all the tracks under 1.30, which would be a more palatable 16 tracks. But there are some interesting ideas of mostly catchy garage rock. At times it reminds me of early Nirvana and bands of that ilk.
I have never heard of this band until this list. Overall, it is a pretty good alternative rock band. I do appreciate the distorted guitar playing and lo-fi rhythms. Its not the greatest but definitely not bad. I was kinda annoyed by all of the really short spongs. They were on average 1.5 to 2 minutes long, which was weird to me. Favorite Song(s): "A Salty Salute", "Watch Me Jumpstart", "Always Crush Me", "My Son Cool"
already listened to it, was surprised to see it on here, thats not to say i dislike it tho
I don't love this quite as much as Bee Thousand. Auditorium and Motor Away back to back makes a great standard length song.
Only vaguely familiar with this band. I enjoyed the album for it's catchy pop hooks.Sounds like they listened to a lot of Beatles growing up -- most obviously heard in "As We Go Up". Loved that that manged to squeeze 28 songs into a 41 minute record!
It sounds like it should’ve come out in 1965 and not 1995. Fuzzy production and jangly guitar parts couple nicely but toothlessly with faux British delivery from the Dayton, Ohio legends. Far from their most engaging are interesting work.
👍 Like it. Don't know why I've never listened to GBV before, as they're right up my alley
Great album! True lo-fi music (not that youtube bs).
Jaunty
In an alternate universe, where indie is mainstream, this is what flipping through radio stations might sound like.
very solid! weirdly dreamy
This is the stuff! Alien Lanes whips ass. Bored of this song? Don't worry, another one will be along in just a minute. Much of this material sounds like it's on nodding terms with some of the dreamier, twang-pop acts from the Sixties. That's cool! It also sounds like this whole album was recorded in shoeboxes of various sizes. The production is, frankly, dogshit. That's cool too! Four stars, because I'll probably never listen to this splendid mess again.
Wow, had not heard of this genre before, and I am fascinated. Totally need to give this more listening time, though I wish they'd redo it in a form other than LoFi.
This is honestly really cool. I'm a fan of weird indie. Reminds me of a much shorter version of "69 Love Songs". The songs drastically vary in quality with some being downright dogshit, but I think that's part of the album's charm in a strange way. No idea where I recognize "My Valuable Hunting Knife" from.
Like I said the other day it sounds like an indie version of early songs by the who which is dope. Easy listen too cuz every song is so short but nothing stuck with me in a huge way
A ton of really short songs with mostly dumb and/or confusing subject matter that sound like they were recorded on a first gen ipod touch. Somehow this is the recipe for a great album. So many great melodies here, and they're delivered in such a bite-sized way that they could keep the interest of the squirrel in my backyard. This album is the musical equivalent of those split screen tiktoks that show a movie clip on one screen and someone playing a mobile game on the other. There are really no skips here (apart from the god awful snoring track that I refuse to believe is only a minute long). I'm gonna go with a 4 but it's close enough that I gave real thought to a five. Best: Game of Pricks, Blimps go 90, A salty salute
Interesting mix of a 60’s Beatles vibe and an 80’s Nee Wave one.
I liked this, but it still felt like it was the demos of songs. I guess that's the point but still it was a little rough. 3.5/5
This was a band I kind of missed out on in my youth but I liked this
i do like a bit of lo-fi, but they've gone and done that thing where they release everything they recorded on one album. a bit of selection would have had a seriously strong 10-12 track album that i probably would have held dear to my heart as a masterpiece, but 28 tracks makes any genre sound drab and repetitive. In fact i'm actually annoyed about this. i want a greatest hits version of this album.
4 lamb chops
cute
Look, I'm an old punk so there's a lot here that rings my bells. The lo-fi production, the self-aware without being self indulgent lyrics, the super short track times. It all works for me. Also, can we just talk about the advance for a moment? You boys got $100,000 advance and then turned in this album? That takes some balls. I hope you spent that money well, because there's no way you recouped it with this album. That said, I really really enjoyed it. Pretty great for what it is.
Honestly, I wasn't super excited when I say this album, since I've given Bee Thousand a shot a couple of times and don't really find it to my taste. I like the lofi style, it's just that the songs go by so fast that it feels like you don't get any time to sit with them. This album felt a lot more digestible. It still gets through a wide variety of songs, and each song feels like it has a good amount of room to breathe 4/5
I really like the style of this band. It's sort of loose and raucous, a bit power poppy, a nice fuzzy guitar sound, catchy tunes. My first thought on this album was that it was a lot of little fragments, but after listening a couple of times I see that it's cohesive and keeps my interest throughout. 4 stars.
It's hard to say what I really think overall of this album as it seems to just truck on song after song with no one song ever making it past the 3 minute mark, and the shortest of them coming in at only 18 seconds. At 28 tracks and just over 41 minutes in length, it's a bit overwhelming at first glance and on first listen, most songs give you just enough to be satisfied but I can't help but wish the track list were trimmed down and with the remaining tracks being expanded upon. Personal highlights include "Strawdogs", "Little Whirl", "My Son Cool", "A Salty Salute", "They're Not Witches", "Game of Pricks" and "Motor Away". Overall, this is still an incredibly enjoyable album, and it goes by so quickly that you may as well listen to it all the way through, you'll be done before you know it anyways.
Surprised by the brevity of the songs. Overall I enjoy it but I'd say it's more of a vibe than a few specific songs that stick out. Curious to listen to the other "popular" album.
Goat album ja ville kinda lyssna de pånytt men i gueeessss ja borde lyssna andra listalbum
Classic indie rock! They way the short songs blend into each other makes for a uniquely cohesive album, and the songs on their own are quirky yet have a deft pop sensibility. Do listen!
Very nice!! Måst lyssna mer gbv
Lo-Fi pop perfection that crams 28 songs in just over 40 minutes. Sure, the production needs some work but that's the charm of lo-fi. There's pop hooks, rock mini-masterpieces mashed together with experiments; also, if you don't like a song there's no need to worry as another will be along in literally a minute. Best Tracks: A Salty Salute; A Good Flying Bird; My Vaulable Hunting Knife
Really enjoyed this album
Obvio que es lo másss
Wenn man hier die besten Lieder heraus nimmt und die etwas dicker produziert, hast du hier ein 5er Album und ein fettes Brett, dass evtl. sogar in den Charts vertreten wäre. Aber das wäre dann nicht GBV :) Muss man honorieren. Gibt von mir knarzige 4 Punkte.
Very nice record. I like the short pop-infused songs very much :)
This is cool.
enjoyable
It was interesting, a little different with the song lengths and everything. Some songs did feel like they could be at least 3 minutes long and some shorter. Very experimental with what kind of sounds it can play with, but not the best thing to exist.
I really like this album. I've actually been listening to it a bit lately already because I've always been interested in Guided By Voices but was intimidated by their massive catalog. I asked some coworkers who are into GBV on recommendations for which album to start with and they pointed me towards 'Alien Lanes'. For being a 28-track album, it breezes by, probably because it's also only 41 minutes. This can be both a positive and a negative though cause there are really catchy songs I wish would go on longer or would develop a bit more. But I also have to admire that they're willing to take an amazing melody or concept and not wear it out by forcing it into a 5 minute track (the longest song is under 3 min at 2:58), just make it a 90 second song and go onto the next one. I can always just listen to those ones again if I want more. Standout Tracks: A Salty Salute, Watch Me Jumpstart, As We Go Up We Go Down, Game of Pricks, Closer You Are, My Valuable Hunting Knife, King and Caroline, Ex-Supermodel, Blimps Go 90, Little Whirl, My Son Cool, Alright
This was a nice surprise. A bit different to have so many shorter songs, a bit punky in that respect. I recognised some of the songs I think. Will definitely give it another go. Reminded me of a combo of Tame Impala and some of the more psych stuff of the Beatles actually at times
cool!
In just 41 minutes, we get spammed with 28 songs that take on so many different styles, influenced by 60s pop (Beatlesesque, psychedelia, sunshine) and their contemporaries in power pop. It's a unique sound and concept that feels like a strange mix of poorly recorded pop songs, which is exactly what it is. The jumps are sometimes smooth but sometimes sudden. They execute the lo-fi style incredibly well to the point that I feel the album would be far worse if not for the high distortion and muddled distant vocals. There're a ton of strange and cool sounds in here. You can tell they swapped what instrument everyone played, and I've heard they did things like drumming on trash lids and slapping Pollard's back to get a vibrato (sounds like "Chicken Blows"?). There are plenty of standout songs that I'll for sure throw in my playlists as a short intermission. Some catchy, some mesmerizing. But for the most part, this is an experience to be enjoyed all the way through. I started listing my favorite songs but the list ended up being over half the album and I'm not even sure there's a single song I wouldn't put on that list if I thought about it hard enough.
I lack useful skepticism when enough thrown material sticks to a wall, at least when that material tastes good already. Perhaps objectively, though, Guided By Voices maneuvers around the common unfulfilled feeling mostly, and sets up the Alien Lanes tracklist as a kind of history. I found that the psych moments worked a lot better than the meditations on a single chord, but every song felt like part of the whole. A little exhausting, even, two-minutes-a-song aside.
This is the kind of album that makes it clear why this is "albums you must hear" and not "the best albums." I'm glad I listened to this once and I will not likely choose to listen again. But I've got respect for musicians who say, "I've got an idea for a song," and then just record a song that's 50 seconds long --- no padding, no filler, no long solos, just...here's the song. Lyrics don't need to rhyme or make sense --- the whole album felt very stream-of-consciousness and I appreciated that. The songier songs sounded like 60s British invasion covered by a grunge band and even some of the vocals sounded a bit like Paul McCartney.
I absolutely love this beautiful mess of an album and I love more every time I listen to it. Top tracks: Evil Speakers, They're Not Witches, (I Wanna Be A) Dumbcharger, Pimple Zoo, and Always Crush Me.
The fact that it’s got so many tracks makes it feel much longer than it is but the album is very enjoyable 4/5.
Youll completely forget youre listening to music 4?
listened to again lo fi grunge
lots of short songs.
7/10. A couple pretty good songs, lot more pretty mediocre ones, but even a mediocre song can be interesting for a minute.
Dope 4
Like weezer with a little psychrock. Liked it
quite good
Cleaners From Venus meets the Replacements. What’s not to like?
It's like a tasting platter.. some were very tasty and I'll be back for more. Faves: A Salty Salute, As We Go Up, We Go Down
actually quite good the snoring bothered me
Lo-fi yet full
This is decent background music. Nothing spectacular and nothing terrible. Nice and steady.
Muito bom.
What a cool album, I really liked it and I enjoyed it almost all the way through
The band after my heart and attention span
Love the Lo-Fi aesthetic
Bajo moj pjesme su prekratke. Uživiš se u neku i puf, nema više. Cover je odbojan i jako me naljutio. Ali unatoč svemu ljubav pobjeđuje i ja ću se vraćati na ovaj album!
A kad si ujutro misliš “neda mi se slušat dns nek bude nešt šta znam i onda ti generira album koji znaš i onak “DA TO ĆU SLUŠAT” znaš da je dobar
pretty good album - 8/10 it’s nice the songs don’t last very long because some of them are a little annoying favorite song is probably The Ugly Vision, it had a nice lofi/grungey vibe, like Neutral Milk Hotel meets Nirvana, I liked it
A bloated album of punchy songs, and I love the edge here, even if it misses (looking at you Hit)
Really good garage rock album. A lot of short, fun tracks.
Very good album. Some insanely great melodies on here. 7-8/10
This was really enjoyable. Definitely one to listen to as a whole though
Didn't know this guy before, but the sound is very familiar. Grew up with a lot of bands in this wheel house, some of my favourites, so I can see this album deserves the recognition.
The length of the songs was off putting. It felt like as soon as I started to really enjoy a song, it ended. I just wish a lot of the songs were longer. Anyway there are a lot of songs on this album that caught my attention. Solid album 4/5
The album is a series of very short songs, the tunes all are similar early 90s rock, sounds like Brit-rock or even hints of Sloan in a way. The songs all being very short seem to have a chorus or hook they're written around, and then move onto the next one, similar to the Minutemen. Good tunes, album keeps things moving and it was all fairly consistent/enjoyable. The downside is no song really stands out, they're over so quick. It all just blends into a generic 90s rock session as a result.
This was fun.
Lofi mid 90s indie. Think I'd been all over this if I'd heard it back in the day
Great. Full of introspection.
Eigentlich wirklich gut. Die idee scheint aber zu sein dass man viele Lieder hat, von denen ein paar verzichtbar und ein paar lieber länger wären
Listened to a little
Really enjoyed this. Would have liked to hear full songs!
Songs are too short, but cool album
Impressive, good concept of many short straight to the point songs
no muy bueno
Definitely going to have to revisit!
Cool demos! J'ai hate à l'album!
the lo-fi aesthetic is taxing. there are some excellent song fragments in the mix.
Not overly impressed. May need additional listening.
Pretty cool. 28 songs in 41 mins. Bananas. Everything’s well produced I think
27/06/2026 ...... It's not the worst thing I have ever heard. Spotify listeners: 249.2k
Idk what that was
Not sure what to think about this one
Just not engaging.
eh it was ok. still my fav song was the only one i knew (game of pricks)
I enjoyed this much more than I expected to. The lo-fi quality really added something to the overall mix and feel of the album. Nothing life changing, but a fun album.
I enjoyed this album but agree with some of the other reviews that it seems like a collec5ion of unfinished songs at times. Would lile to explore more music from this band but unsure where to start. There are a lot of albums
Not my thing
Meh. Lo -Fi
Hmm..this is a strange one to rate. I don't mind this musically too much, but the very short songs is kind of disorienting. From reading about GBV that seems to be their style. I don't know, it's kind of low effort?
Bit boring, they have better albums.
Never heard of these guys before. I really enjoyed the lo-fi, typical mid-90s sound and the slightly parodic vibe. It's a pleasant semi-conceptual album that clearly works better as a whole than as a simple collection of separate songs. However, there's also nothing that particularly grabbed my attention, it was mostly nice background music. Despite some good ideas and a competent execution, it ultimately felt lacking in depth and ambition. I won't come back to it, but I'm glad I gave it a try. It certainly doesn't deserve such a low global rating. 5/10
I've always loved punk so it's nice to hear those very short tracks. People used to have fun. Listening once was enough though.
fascinating mix of micro-songs
A lot of short songs, many of them influenced by the Kinks or other early punk bands. Good. 3.5/5
Eclectic - some excellent some less excellent always interesting pavement-esque lo-fi slacker
This album is like the Ohio Weather. Don't like it? Wait 3 minutes, it'll change. Makes sense they are from Dayton. Some of it was great, some of it was terrible. A few songs I wish were longer. A few, even as short as 30 seconds, were too long. Such is the GBV way. They throw everything at the wall. About 3/5 of it stuck. So... 3*
Coo
An interesting collection of short tracks. I found that there just wasn't enough time for me to get into a track before it passed to the next one. But there were a few standouts nonetheless: As We Go Up, We Go Down Motor Away Striped White Jets Blimps Go 90
Blind album and artist. I feel like this album gave me whiplash between some songs and others just because some was jarring and some was good. 3.
The album itself sounds like a half-finished demo tape of what could all become amazing songs. I'd love to hear a non "lo-fi" version of this band, and indeed, putting my player on radio mix produced an awesome playlist where I loved every song. But this album itself? It's a sum of parts, waiting to be greater.
If half of these were developed into full sins this might be the best album ever made. In the meantime it just feels like a bunch of disjointed thoughts
You could really hear the inluence of a lot of very famous bands, but none of it really sounded new or original. Don't get me wrong, it was good and I'm a fan, but I don't really know what I'm supposed to have been getting out of this album.
This is one of their better efforts, and stands in well as a representation of their music. It's ramshackle, doesn't say much, and contains too many foreshortened musical ideas. I may like Mag Earwhig better, but it doesn't really matter. You are going to get a few great rock songs; in this case, that includes Motor Away and My Valuable Hunting Knife. You are going to get too many dumb songs that never needed to get committed to media; in this case, that includes The Ugly Vision, (I Wanna Be A) Dumbcharger, and more. The greatest hits record is probably the best way to experience this band. BTW, I've seen them twice, kind of accidentally. I'm not sure how Bob Pollard is alive. The first time I saw him chug at least 8 beers, maybe as many as 12, over the course of a 60 minute +/- set. He did not seem changed in any way. It was remarkable and scary.
Algunas si, otras no
Not terrible but I never want to listen to this again. Sounds like background music to a shitty teen drama
Kind of reminds me of the flaming lips but less psychedelic and more indie garage. I liked this album and will definitely return to it. I had always intended to listen to them but never knew where to start. I haven’t been giving any of these albums very many stars because I’m waiting for something to really hit me, I’m waiting to connect with something on a deeper level than just appreciation.
Haven't listened to them before, it's an alternative rock album, very moody and with many short songs. Was good to listen to, it's a varied mix and oddly formed album.
Lots of short songs, wonky rock
First pass was a pass. Second listen really improved.
I also really like the velvet underground
Even though the music isn’t what I would choose to listen to, it is so 90s down to the cover art that I added an extra star for the nostalgia.
It was fine, but not really pushing me to dive deeper into their catalog
A bunch of short songs
I don't really understand the creative decision to make 28 very short tracks. Especially when so much of it just blends together anyway. The music itself is fine— lo-fi garage rock pretty much sums it up.
This is good - but if you’re only going to put one GBV record on this list Bee Thousand is the one to pick.
I find this record really frustrating as it's got some really good moments, but then it's littered with absolutely pointless noise.
Another album that sounds like it could have dropped in from any decade in the last sixty years, and generally in a good way. The tracks are fairly short, so there’s a lot there, but it begins to feel like some of them are experiments that were discarded when they couldn’t grow into normal songs.
Solid
3.2 Looks like GBV have a huge catalog and this looks to be as good a starting point as any. Dug the vibe and songwriting, i guess i will call them thoughts, as the songs felt unfinished. Maybe that's the point
Low Fidelity music? I'd rather be listening to Yo-ho Fiddle-di-dee music ye savvy what me be sayin', mateys?
Not my usual cup of tea, but it was still a nice and fun discovery. I didn't think it was possible to have a record with that many tracks (28!) that last under an hour, but they made it 😄. Favorite track : as we go up, we go down.
Interesting by not a one of my 1001 favs.
More 90's indie rock that sounds like it worships at the alter of The Beatles. Specifically Sgt. Peppers era Beatles. That said, while I enjoy it, there's just not enough her to get me invested. Only a single song above two amd a half minutes. Decent for what it is, but feels very fragmented.
Favorite tracks: A Salty Salute, Watch Me Jumpstart, As We Go Up, We Go Down, Game of Pricks, Motor Away, Blimps Go 90
Heard a lot more about these cats than I have by them. Pretty solid rock and roll doesn't outstay its welcome ever either.
Precies korte leuke sketches
I guess I am not alone — a ton of people who consider themselves pretty plugged into indie and alternative music have had the exact same “Wait… how did I miss Guided by Voices?” moment. The short answer is: they were hugely influential, but never mainstream, and their rise happened in a very specific corner of the ’90s music world that was easy to miss unless you were tuned to the right frequency. GBV weren’t just “indie rock” — they were deeply underground, releasing ultra–low-budget, self-recorded albums on tiny labels. Their early records didn’t get the kind of press that traveled far outside zines, college radio, and small scenes. If you weren’t in those circles, they simply didn’t surface. If your listening leaned more toward polished alt‑rock, Britpop, grunge, or electronic, GBV wouldn’t have crossed your radar. You could follow music closely and still miss them because they weren’t part of the big cultural conversation — they were more like a cult classic film you only hear about from a friend who’s really into movies. The overall aesthetic leans to a 4 but because they are from Ohio deduct one point. A 3 it is.
If The Beatles formed 25 years later and joined the indie rock movement. I can't shake the comparison. A vingette of songs.. short, and sweet. Not sure how I feel about that. Overall, I'm thinking a 3.4/5.
Een verzameling korte nummers (28 nummers in 42 minuten), expres gruizig opgenomen, het doet een beetje Kinks-achtig aan af en toe, verder bevinden we ons in ijle, eigenwijze indie-sferen. Geen idee wat ik ermee moet, en ik moet nog een kleine honderd albums dus ik ga de volgende opzetten. Overigens kan het altijd korter. Ooit maakte Harro T., bekend van de Nederlandse noise-formatie DLA (Drie-Letterige Afkorting), de legendarische plaat 'Avonturen in Wonderland', waarop 'De Troetelbeertjes' er in 20 minuten 312 ultrakorte nummers doorheen jagen, waaronder het geniale 'Groene hopjesvla' (met de tekst bestaand uit het woord 'Gadverdamme!!!').
"The cost for recording Alien Lanes, if you leave out the beer, was about ten dollars." Dude, that rules.
Average noise, piss poor recordings
I enjoy the general sound, though there are so many songs that it's hard to remember individual ones.
Felt thrown into a 90s teenage Rom com
Guided By Voices deliver some primo 90s alt-rock in a style that reminds me of Hard Day’s Night era Beatles. There are lots of great melodies packed into these short, tight rock songs. Very short, actually. Most of these songs are under two minutes, and lots are under one minute. But the album functions kind of like a continuous suite. It was very enjoyable on a first listen. I’d like to spin it again now that I know what I’m getting into.
I really dig the lofi sounds in this record. I've heard this band before but not enough for me to be able to ever recall what they sound like. "Game of Pricks" into "The Ugly Vision" is a nice 1-2 punch of tracks. They are pretty different but still cohesive. Shows some really nice depth to their repertoire. Really enjoyable, and I love the album cover. Just surreal enough.
Enjoyed it a lot when it was in but truly forgettable album
I've listened to this one before. I generally enjoyed it but it doesn't seem memorable to me or something I need to come back to.
Listenable.....short songs
These are all very good song ideas. Somebody should really finish them. Seriously, call Wilco.
I really appreciate GBV but have never done a complete dive. With the 7 or 8 albums I'm familiar with, I always say the same thing: some absolute bangers and some unlistenable stuff. The audio variance, the Hodge Podge of sounds, and the fluctuating moods create such disparate experiences. I know for the super fans, this is the charm, but I find it incredibly inconsistent. Brilliant and committed, but inconsistent.
Went back and forth on this one. Really liked it, then started finding some of it annoying. Overall, pretty good. I'd listen again.
gut manchmal anstrengend 6/10
67/100. This is a really wild indie record that feels like a massive mix of every genre you can imagine. It moves so fast that you barely have time to process one idea before the next one starts which gives it a cool and unpredictable vibe.
Game of pricks is an excellent song. The rest is listenable but never quite reaches that standard.
(28 songs, 41 mins)
Some songs remind me of some of the stuff John Lennon was into during the Beatles acid era. Why do you sing with an English accent? This sounds like if Neutral Milk Hotel went a little harder into the rock elements of their music. I wouldn't be surprised if Jeff Mangum cited this as an influence. Or I guess maybe if dinosaur jr went a little less into rock. Kind of in the middle. This is definitely an album that I will come back to randomly years down the road, and be really into.
very fun. an album of 2000's MTV intros. maybe all songs should be 90 seconds long. snoring sample goes hard. favorite song is Motor Away
Short and weird, but somehow very listenable and kinda enjoyable. Notes of certain songs sounded Interpol-y, and others were just interesting without being grating. Not the BEST wack unknown album ever but beats about 60% of them 6.0/10
As others have pointed out there's a lot of fun mid-60s rock and roll through a noisy 90s kaleidoscope, outside of the opener, Striped White Jets and ex-supermodel I thoroughly enjoyed this. With this type of music short punchy songs are better and obviously that's here in spades.
Not really that exciting. Kinda just like a variant of rock.
This reminds me of playing underwater at the local pool during the summer, circa 85. There's the sound of bubbles trickling up past your ears and splashes from up top, all creating a constant, subtle, continuous noise. I loved yelling and seeing if someone understood what I said beneath the surface. It always sounded foreign to my ears, distorted, messy, sometimes far away.
It’s good but this is really a demo tape. Lose half the songs and develop the others.
Very psychedelic and weird in places. It had a lot of potential but the execution was slightly off imo
To me this has so much wasted potential - if these songs were fleshed out a bit more, recorded a bit better and lengthened this could be great. Game of Pricks is a great song as it is though.
sounds like a beatles tribute act
I quite liked this, but when everything is so short there isn’t much to get your teeth into. Half the songs for twice as long would be better.
Aaaand even more mid stuff. A lot of the stuff on this list is literally so random and doesn't seem influential or epic enough to be listened to. It's just very boring music.
Quite interesting album of short fairly unusual tracks. 28 songs in 41 mins makes a change from the last one that was 4 tracks in over an hour.
Trudno to ocenić, bo to jest muzyczny szkicownik, a nie album, dużo utworów krótkich, nieskończonych, urywanych. Niektóre naprawdę dobre, inne to jakieś nieudane próby stworzenia dobrego kawałka. Sama nie wiem... chyba 5/10
Best Track - "Game Of Pricks"
What a weird little grunge album
It was good. It's interesting how many songs were in the album and how short some of the songs were. There were a lot of weird sounds on there, some that I liked and some I didn't. My favorite was probably "as we go up, we go down"
It’s like an album full of sketches of songs. Maybe if they finished half of them and left the other half on the cutting room floor.
נשמע טוב אבל גם מעצבן והשירים יותר מידי קצרים
3.5 I like the idea of 27 songs over 41 minutes but it becomes a bit too disjointed.
The album is overall alright, but it's definitely just okay for background listening and is not that exciting when properly focusing on it. There are quite a lot of songs that are really short, but the overall length of the rest of the songs is not very long either. I guess they were just having fun putting music together.
sounds ok
3 or so amazing tunes
FAVs; As we go up we go down, Chicken Blows, Always Crush me. very short songs. getting the whole lo-fi thing. Theres a song where someone is snoring the whole song? Ex Supermodel. i don't like it, but also weird i kinda like it. you can totally tell this is early indie. indie rock, alternative rock and lofi, influenced by the stylings of the British Invasion and progressive rock. 1980s Slacker Rock - Guided by Voices who formed in 1983 and treated low-fidelity analog recording as an intentional musical aesthetic, which had previously been viewed as a negative technological limitation. Late 1980s to early 1990s, the American lo-fi movement began to gain prominence in the alternative and DIY underground music scene, with the sound evolving into a distinct indie rock genre popularized by bands like Pavement. Later bands like Built to Spill 1990s Beck 2010s, slacker rock experienced a revival spearheaded by artists like Mac DeMarco, Alex G and Car Seat Headrest, as well as artists like Kurt Vile, Vivian Girls, Courtney Barnett, and Ovlov. Subsequently, slacker rock's resurgence would later influence the bedroom pop movement.
I rather liked this despite it coming off as a collection of demos and incomplete songs sprinkled amongst the full songs. I also don't think this band knows how to end a song. Too many times I was left hanging or feeling like the song needed a bit more to resolve and end it. But for those things, this might have been a 4.
The songs were short if not good. A couple of songs were ok but the rest were forgettable. Not bad but just not catchy or interesting.
Kind of cool indie rock but there's some stuff here that I feel like adds nothing. The positive of having a bunch of short songs though is that it's a lot more entertaining
cute
Remember those 2000s low effort picture slideshow videos on YouTube. You know, the ones with several low quality photos of high school students, college students, or family reunions? Now, remember how there would be a random playlist of Rock music set to these slideshows which seemed to have no continuity with each other? That is this album. Favorite Track: "Watch Me Jumpstart".
- du alt rock relativement accessible, j’aime beaucoup les paroles - not bad but not great - meilleure chanson: as we go up, we go down
I liked that the songs were short, but nothing amazing. 5/10
Don’t know what to make of this thing. Could be one star, could be four. I think conceptually I like an album with songs that are all under 2 minutes, most under 1:30. But if I’m talking about length, then the album didn’t leave much impression
I assume there are hundreds of bands from the 90’s that have a similar sound. That’s not a complaint.
Typical 90’s garage-indie rock. Nice rdrive in some of the songs, but also quite average overall.
how come i never liked this? i guess it's just not depressing enough and the songs stop once they get started
Highly influential to independent music to come, and even some of this sound would make it into the zeitgeist of the years to follow. Not feeling it however.
Bizarre album but enjoyed it. Wished some songs were longer. Standout songs: Watch me jumpstart Motor away Striped white jets My son cool
Billed as an English lo-fi band. Musically, this is all over the place. Some tracks were hard acid rock, some were in the style of The Beatles, and others were truly lo-fi. There were 28 tracks on this album spanning 41 minutes, so if something wasn’t good, I didn’t have to wait long for it to go away. Fun at times, but unfocused. 3/5
I dunno! Didn't grab me as hard as I hoped but I also didn't have time to give it my full attention either.
Very torn; they're certainly 4-star worthy (see Glad Girls) but only Watch Me Jumpstart gets me here. I guess I have to keep in mind that when this album came up, as much as I thought I liked Glad Girls, I still had them confused with Luna which is so f'ed up that it's kind of a strike against them. I'd blame myself but this isn't about me, is it?
This is so close to being my kind of thing. I like the roughness of it. I like the readiness to try out ideas. I didn't think I could complain that the songs are too short. But... they are too short, and I wish some of them had been given a bit more space to grow. I might have loved it then
its good but I feel like the songs are too short to actually be completely enjoyable
Interesting but not my thing.
3/5
3,5
It had moments, but it felt like they just rushed to get stuff recorded rather than work though building the quality of those good moments, that could have been great.
Beatles influenced US lo-fi 90s rock. 7ish
Decent, listenable, occasionally very good.
Not really my favorite, but not terrible.
1995, une année charnière. On se prenait la vague trip-hop, le post-rock commençait à pointer le bout de son nez cérébral, et au milieu de tout ça, il y avait ces types de l'Ohio. Guided By Voices, une anomalie, un bug dans la matrice de l'industrie musicale qui commençait à se prendre beaucoup trop au sérieux. On s'attaque aujourd'hui à "Alien Lanes", leur "grand" début chez Matador. Je mets "grand" entre guillemets, parce que si on parle de son, on est plus proche du dictaphone posé sur la cuvette des chiottes que du "Dark Side of the Moon". Et c'est là tout le paradoxe, n'est-ce pas ? On est face à un album culte, vénéré par une secte de fans prêts à vendre leur mère pour une face B inédite de Robert Pollard, et moi avec mon vécu, mes oreilles nourries au post-punk glacial et aux murs de sons, je lui colle un 3 sur 5. Un "mouais" poli, un "c'est sympa, mais on ne va pas en faire un fromage". Mais commençons par le commencement qui se nomme Robert Pollard. Ce type est une légende, c'est vrai. L'instituteur alcoolique qui a écrit plus de chansons qu'il n'y a d'étoiles dans le ciel, enregistrant des chefs-d'œuvre pop dans son sous-sol en buvant de la bière bon marché. L'image est belle, romantique même. C'est le mythe ultime de l'indie rock : le génie incompris qui n'a pas besoin de studio à un million de dollars pour pondre des mélodies qui te collent au cerveau. Sur le papier, c'est séduisant. Dans les faits, "Alien Lanes", c'est 28 morceaux en 41 minutes. Fais le calcul... c'est du zapping. C'est l'équivalent musical d'un mec bourré qui change de chaîne toutes les 90 secondes parce qu'il s'ennuie devant sa propre télé. Le problème avec cet album, et c'est ce qui justifie ma note moyenne, c'est cette frustration permanente. Tu écoutes "Game of Pricks", c'est un tube absolu, une mélodie imparable, une urgence punk, un truc qui aurait pu être un hymne générationnel si ça avait été produit par Butch Vig et joué par Nirvana. Mais non. Ça dure une minute trente, ça sonne comme si la batterie était faite avec des cartons de pizza vides, et paf, c'est fini on passe à autre chose. C'est du coït interrompu musical. Pour un mec comme moi, qui apprécie les montées en puissance ou les architectures sonores complexes, cette approche "je balance une idée et je me barre" peut être agaçante. Voire franchement énervante. Il y a un côté "brouillon de génie" qui est à la fois la force et la faiblesse de l'album. C'est l'anti-post-rock par excellence. Là où le post-rock prend dix minutes pour installer une ambiance, Pollard a déjà joué quatre morceaux, ouvert trois bières et écrit deux autres albums. "Motor Away", c'est pareil, c'est grandiose, ça donne envie de prendre la route, de crier à la fenêtre, c'est l'essence du rock américain... mais c'est noyé dans ce souffle tape-à-l'œil, cette esthétique Lo-Fi qui, en 1995, commençait déjà à devenir une posture. On ne va pas se mentir, il y a aussi un côté un peu foutage de gueule. Certains intermèdes sur l'album ne sont rien d'autre que du bruit, des délires de studio (enfin, de garage) qui n'apportent pas grand-chose. C'est le syndrome du "regardez comme je suis prolifique et spontané". Ouais, Robert, c'est super, mais parfois, un peu d'édition, ça ne fait pas de mal. Quand on écoute "Alien Lanes" d'une traite, on a l'impression de fouiller dans les poubelles d'un génie de la pop. On trouve des diamants, c'est indéniable, mais il faut écarter pas mal de pelures d'oignon et de vieux marcs de café pour les atteindre. Et puis, parlons de mes goûts. Moi qui aime Nick Cave, la profondeur, le drame, la noirceur théâtrale. Ici, on est dans l'instantanéité pure, dans le collage pop surréaliste. Il n'y a pas cette gravité que je cherche. C'est léger, c'est fun, c'est bordélique. C'est un disque de potes, un disque de fête de fin de soirée quand tout le monde est un peu trop éméché et chante faux. C'est attachant, mais est-ce que c'est essentiel ? Est-ce que c'est un album que j'emporterai sur une île déserte ? Probablement pas, d'où le 3/5. C'est la note du disque qu'on garde dans sa collection par respect historique, ou pour ces trois ou quatre pépites pop parfaites, mais qu'on ne sort pas religieusement le dimanche matin. Cependant, il ne faut pas être trop cynique. En 1995, sortir ça chez Matador, c'était un beau doigt d'honneur à la surproduction ambiante. C'était dire : "La chanson prime sur le son". Et quand la chanson est là, bon sang, elle est là. Il y a une mélancolie sous-jacente chez GBV, une sorte de nostalgie d'une Angleterre fantasmée (ils sonnent plus British que les Anglais par moments), qui touche juste. C'est de la "British Invasion" filtrée par l'ennui du Midwest américain. Mais au final l'album souffre de son concept. À force de vouloir faire court, lo-fi et fragmenté, on perd l'immersion. On ne rentre jamais vraiment dedans. On reste à la surface, à surfer sur ces vagues de parasites et de guitares saturées. Pour un auditeur exigeant, habitué aux cathédrales sonores, "Alien Lanes" ressemble à une cabane de jardin construite de bric et de broc. C'est charmant, ça tient debout par miracle, mais on n'a pas forcément envie d'y habiter. Alors oui, c'est un album important. Il a décomplexé des milliers de gamins qui n'avaient pas de thunes pour se payer un studio. Il a prouvé qu'on pouvait être des rock stars en étant profs le jour et piliers de bar le soir. Mais musicalement, avec le recul, c'est une collection de vignettes. C'est un carnet de croquis. Certains croquis sont sublimes, dignes d'être encadrés, d'autres sont juste des gribouillages dans la marge. Mon 3/5 sanctionne l'inconstance. Il sanctionne le fait que pour chaque "Motor Away", tu dois te taper un "Ex-Supermodel" qui ne mènent nulle part. C'est la note de la raison face à la hype. C'est la note du disquaire qui en a vu d'autres et qui ne se laisse pas aveugler par l'étiquette "Culte" collée sur la pochette. En résumé, "Alien Lanes", c'est comme cette soirée où tu t'es bien marré, tu as bu des coups, tu as chanté, mais le lendemain matin, tu as un peu mal au crâne et tu as du mal à te souvenir de ce qui s'est vraiment passé de marquant. C'est fun, c'est cool, mais c'est de la pop en kit, à monter soi-même. Et parfois, on a juste la flemme de chercher le tournevis. Allez, on range ça dans la case "Sympathique mais dispensable" et on passe à quelque chose de plus consistant.
Agreeable listen
Love the more lofi production and scrappy approach to recording and songwriting. There’s some good nuggets in here. But it’s just so fleeting. I can see the charm in the rapid fire succession of songs but emotionally it left me wanting. Blink and you miss it. I do still regret not catching them at Kilby though.
Pretty cool!!! I like the lo fi. 3.5
Loud. Unpolished. Beatlesque? Noisy. Experimental. It’s like they had fragments of songs and then added music and recorded it. Even with that, some of them are catchy. My rating 2.5
Pretty good, but maybe a bit in cohesive
Just sounded like some generic 2000s indie to me
Better than anticipated with some quite musical moments. A bit schizophrenic but that’s fine. Probably not one I’ll listen to much.
Sounds like a weird demo tape. 17 second songs, many of them sounding unfinished. But there is a kernel of truth or greatness in a lot (not all) of them. Makes me wish they edited and refined their work more, and what was an interesting sonic experience could have been a great album. 3⭐️
I appreciate the very classy tactic of flinging as much shit in my face as possible and seeing what sticks. That takes gumption. +1.
Indie as hell. This one was interesting. I grew up around where GBV started and heard about them as these indie giants, but somehow noone was playing these giants. It took me til college to hear them on college radio. I was a bit underwhelmed, but i think you can hear the Shins, the Strokes, etc in their sound. I respect the hell outta them but it just doesn't hit as hard as all those bands i grew up listening to and were clearly inspired by GBV sound.
Being from Dayton(ish), GBV conjures the music of my youth. When I hear these tracks, so many parties and hours spent smoking cigarettes on couches at friends’ houses resurface in my mind. Everybody in Dayton still talks about GBV like royalty. Everybody has a story. The earlier the story occurred in history, the more authentically cool and Daytonian you are. I’m too young for any direct stories of my own, and I’d left before their resurgence, but I get the picture. And, frankly, everyone in Dayton should be proud. GBV are an awesome band. They’re so cool, they don’t have ‘full’ songs. Their whole scene is brevity, of catching the fleeting idea like a firefly in a jar, and then moving on to the next idea. Because of this, to me, GBV lack an essential, cohesive narrative line. The band do get points for being unique, though, working in this manner, but to me, no matter how good these snippets are, they can’t pull into a five star category. In other words, their music is fantastic. What a vibe. But, with their commitment to brevity, one feels an aversion to identity. I sense, in their commitment, an aversion to commitment itself! Great for the Daytonian memories, personally, but there’s little else to latch onto, by design.
It sounded like a high school garage band
fine
Stream of consciousness rock ‘n’ roll. No other way to describe it.
Good Guitar texture Not my kind of audio mixing Good album to zone out with but really just not fully my kind of thing. I think a bit too lo-fi
Started strong but it after the coughing was used in the beat I started to enjoy it less.
I really really really wish I could give this 2.5 stars instead of 3 (rounding up) because it's not really a 3 star album. It's got some interesting stuff, but it's got 10-12 songs too many on here. Just a random sampling of stuff, and after a while it just blurs together. I didn't mind it, but I felt robbed of 40 minutes of my time for music that wasn't all that interesting to me.
not my favorite lo-fi, alright background music
the noise is great. but turns out there is such a thing as too much lo-fi
A few good songs. But generally feels like an unfinished demo. Needs some editing I generally like the melodies and the lo-fi production.
Er. I mean, if half these songs were finished I think I'd like it more. Although not all of them. It was basically like a sampler from a bunch of decent and quite diverse 60s and 70s bands but... That's not a good album.
I didn't mind this. Another one though that felt like a bunch of ideas rather than fleshed out songs. But I liked them more than the others that felt like this. I reckon either I'll listen again and really like it, or I'll find another album by them that hits home with me a bit more. But for now it's a high 3.
I panicked when I saw 28 tracks, then calmed down when I saw 41 minutes. What's up with that? Well, it's sloppy lo-fi rock, which is right up my street. I was initially reminded of Home and Hudson Bell. It sounds like this band was recording for fun, which I like a lot. I can't believe they were recording for commercial success or even with much reference to what their contemporaries were doing. This sounds like art in a very pure form, maybe even outsider art. But I think I like the idea behind this more than I like the actual songs. A nice experience, but I don't think I will listen to any of these on their own merits again. I also see a lot of people in the other reviews really hate this album and question its place on the list. But I say that is almost in itself a sign that this is a worthwhile inclusion. This list is about expanding your horizons. Get with it, you squares. On a personal note, this marks the halfway point in reviews I have given. I feel this is a pretty worthy entry for review No. 545.
It's like Grungy Beatles. I like it. I think I can have this in the background.
Ble ikke bergtatt. Helt greit
This entry was intriguing. Dug many of the fuzzy lo-fi melodies though 28 songs is waaaaaay too many. Would probably go back to in bits and pieces
Lo-fi grunge
Honestly I don’t really know what I think of this one. There’s some stuff on here I really liked but just as it seemed to be getting going the song ended. There’s other tracks I flat out hated.. Top Track - The Ugly Vision
An okay album, I liked Motor Away the most.
feels like an album made for the streaming age with all these short 1 minute songs
Agree with the general consensus that this sounds like a solid demo tape. 28 songs in 41 mins is crazy. I kinda like the short punchy songs but it feels like cheating a bit when they aren't fleshed out. A potentially great album was left behind here. 3/5.
An interesting concept for an album- it sort of emulated a radio station in the variety of sounds and number of transitions. Ultimately didnt land for me- sometimes I enjoyed it, and sometimes I felt it was doing too much. Overall- not bad. 2.5 to 3 / 5
Like leaving the radio on while in a dream.
There wasn’t really any cohesion that I heard. Music is good but a pedestrian album all together.
I feel like this one is a grower & requires repeat listens to fully get.
At least the songs were really short
Ei mitenkään erityinen, muttei erityisen huonokaan. Jos jotain niin odotuksia ei ollut ollenkaan ja täysin uusi tuttavuus itselle. Siihen nähden jopa ihan positiivinen albumi. Ysäri tästä huokuu vahvasti läpi
Jotain jännää tässä on.
Absolutely no recollection of this - inoffensive I guess
Nice album in some parts, but also some weak songs. I found it refreshing to have all the short songs. Nevertheless not more than 3.3
nice sound but having a hard time figuring these short songs out
It’s interesting, very indie, good mix of Brit-pop and indie sounds. Simple chords and guitar. Sounds a bit like Generation X, especially Auditorium. But just a little less edgy or punk. Real lo-fi sound. Reminds me of an easier to listen to Sonic Youth. So many tracks, each really short. Overall, good album. Very indie, which I like.
La discográfica nunca había puesto tanto dinero para un disco (100.000 dolarus). Sólo usaron 10 dólares y el resto se fue en cerveza. Teniendo en cuenta que se grabó con un Fisher-Price en el parking de un McDonald's, el disco es muy divertido y frenético. Las canciones son muy cortas, pero eso les juega a favor: los momentos pesados del disco son cortísimos, y los buenos son muy reescuchables. Una sorpresa, la verdad. Desde fuera parecía un desastre, y aunque en parte lo sea, sólo hay que disfrutarlo y no entenderlo mucho o buscarle mucha lógica. Total, son alien lanes. A la playlist: As We Go Up, We Go Down, Game of Pricks (absoluto tema), A Good Flying Bird, Motor Away, My Valuable Hunting Knife. Os habéis pasado: Hit, Ex-Supermodel.
I tried to like it. I really wanted to. Some of it was solid, but man, it just didn't stick
Interest old indie sound.
I'm giving this a 3 on first listen. There were a handful of tracks I really enjoyed, but the project is a lot to digest in one go. I plan on revisiting though. Some really catchy hooks filtered through lo-fi production, which may take some getting used to.
What a glorious mess.
Favorite Track: Game Of Pricks
Please, I beg of you, come back and finish some of these songs off, they could be good! But they won't will they. Instead they'll write 28 sketches of songs that bring you right in and then leave you a bit dissatisfied. A shame.
Never heard of these . Ok though
I've never heard of this band before this album was assigned to me. I liked this but I think the songs were too short. I mean, I know it's kind of their thing like they don't want to overstay their welcome or something but this swings too far in the opposite direction to me. like, the cool guy you invite to the party but he has half of a drink and makes an Irish exit 30 min later. it doesn't make him cooler. it makes me think he has anxiety so I stop inviting him to the party
Indie rock for those with ADHD
OOOO we got to see them live at Bellwether! Love this album, lots of short tunes, some grit mixed with pop
Вмазанность и рваность альбома оправдана его концепцией, но оправдывает ли это его особенности? Если только отчасти, продакшен в целом представляет собой крайне изобретальный фьюз инди, пост-панка и слэкера, что слушается приятно. Да и лирические приколы so 90's, man, тоже не может не подкупить. 3.5 ouf of 5.
The tracks might not always hit but they stayed interesting enough throughout
Different
I don’t know what to think. I actually think I like it, but it feels too much like a demo recording. They should have chosen the best “songs” and spent time working on them. I think the record has massive potential
Watch Me Jumpstart // Game of Pricks // Chicken Blows // 3.5/5
Familiar with name but not music. Alright kind of punk sounds. Reminded me of The Pixes in a way. Songs were all too short to really get into and remember anything specific
They really leaned into the lo-fi here. I agree with some who say this sounds like a demo tape, but I would bet that is exactly what they were going for. Thankfully some of the spaghetti sticks and this was not a bad listen.
Listened as I was walking in the the reservation with my mom and midnight! Different than what I normally listen to but it reminds me of oasis so ofc I prefer oasis
Lots of really short songs. Better than expected. 3.35
Kyllähän tämä on solid musaa! Hyvä! 3/5
pretty good punk style
Always crush me is pretty cool
weird af, hat extrem kurze songs, haben aber nen coolen groovy vibe, definitiv worth listening aber remembering? idk. fav: auditorium
1995 first for Matador records!
Quite frustrating. I really like parts of this album but nothing lasts more than a minute or two so it's hard to find your footing while listening. Lots of cool Beatles inspired vocal harmonies and melodies, but they went a bit overkill on the lofi sound in my opinion. There is potential for this to grow on me over time but as of now I can't give it a high rating.
I don’t really know what I think of this album as it’s a lot to take in. 28 songs in 41 minutes! So each song is under a minute and a half. It’s like it’s for someone who has very short attention span. I find it a bit disorientating. I think I like the music (indie rock being my thing) but I wish the songs had more time to breathe. I’ll need to investigate further.
Interesting low fi sound.
Not my vibe but it’s fine
Decent album, not my favorite.
Boring indie rock. They can both play well and sing well, but it didn’t catch a slight interest for me. Good recording.
I don't get the appeal. I mean, they're fine, but I don't understand the cult following.
Fine. Nothing stood out as great or awful
lots of short songs, which feel like sketches, or seeing inside an artist's notebook - packed with ideas - weirdly mixed with rattly drums that hide behind the guitars, Beatle-esque melodies over Husker Du guitars, sprinklings of Big Star and Sonic Youth, too. an interesting listen
About what I expected from a 28 song 90's rock album. Some good, some bad, and a lot of genre mashing.
2.75 Uh huh
2.7 A lot of interesting stuff there but game of pricks is one of my favorites.
Muitas músicas com batidas parecidas, difícil de diferenciar algumas, mas muitas músicas muito fortes!
Interesting approach to the making of songs.
Y’a des bonnes mélodies mais on a oas le temps de s’investir qu’on passe à la prochaine! De plus, un peu trop lo-fi à mon goût. Surtout que l’intensité du son de cacanne change d’une chanson à l’autre.
This album feels like a bit of a demo tape and that's no just because of the 28 tracks or because it was recorded on a 4 track tape but if just because if seems full of some pop/rock hits and misses. I actually like the short format songs that GBV are famed for and this is probably one of their better albums. Work going along for the ride.
There's nothing about my music preferences that suggest I should like this group. But I find myself liking the vocals and a few of the songs.
This was good
When you see 28 songs, rarely reaching 2 minutes and expect another DRI or Napalm Death going fast and hard, then it turns out it's riffing more on psychedelia, and garage rock. This album slaps and is interesting from a band with 40+ albums that scared me to try and figure out which one to introduce myself with.
Los locos estaban aburridos sacando temitas y dijeron: y si metemos estos 97 temas que hicimos en un disco solo? Me gustó el estilo de todas formas, no aburre escucharlo.
Me embolo: si bien trata de innovar en el sonido siento, como que no está bien definido y tira a ser aburrido además de que el álbum es ETERNO, no terminaba más. Le doy un 3 porque siento que le falta alguito nomas y sería un buen disco.
Es como un enganchado de temas que grabaron, lo mezclaron al azar en un disco y asi salió a la venta.
These are some great demos. I definitely think Matador Records should sign these guys and work this into an album.
Büro, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Weird, aber ganz nice.
OK. Would have preferred they take the 10 best snippets and make full-length songs.
Some skips, but overall a fun sounding album with some really good songs on it
This scores points for taking a different creative path - They kind of took the idea of the album and bent it to the band's own vision. Still, the demo-like feel to all the songs really does detract from the album (in my opinion). Also, the music itself isn't all that good, although the constant change in sound due to the many very short tracks makes it enjoyable for the most part. Finally, that album cover is just so so so so bad. 2.5/5.0: Mixed