going with the 1987 version release, excluding bonus tracks released later. (since this was written while extremely behind on "days", the format is changing to an overall commentary rather than individual thoughts on each song. tracklist: 1) Little Fury Things 2) Kracked 3) SludgeFeast 4) The Lung 5) Raisans 6) Tarpit 7) In a Jar 8) Lose 9) Poledo if you'd told me that tracks 1-3 were playable in a Guitar Hero game, i would not have been surprised in the slightest. this somewhat speaks to the quality of the recording, but also the indie-alternate-grunge-noise vibe that's going on, that we're listening to this be performed live in an abandoned warehouse. track 4 is a bit less raw noise, and is a little more melodic - not lighter, but seems a little bit floatier. feels like the guitar quality doing that. 1) 7/10 2) 7/10 3) 7/10 4) 6.5/10 oh, man. Raisans, track 5, now this is some after-school cartoon montage-of-delinquents-causing-mayhem background music. complete with taking shelter under an overpass during a surprise rainstorm! 5) 8.5/10 leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeess fond of the loudness of Tarpit. 6) 4/10 we're back in that montage! kind of gives me the vibes of this one gave from the late 2000s early 2010s, it was about being a theme park manager. kind of like roller coaster tycoon, but it was 3rd person over the shoulder of a specific person? i'm pretty sure Buddy Holly by Weezer was part of the in-game background music. please somehow reach out to me if you know what i'm talking about. 7) 9/10 8) 7/10 very different vibe at the end here. feels like acoustic noise where the rest of the album is electric noise. the left ear guitar sounds a hair out of tune? it adds to the vibe. OH and then it hard cuts at 1:40 in, that's loud, don't like that. the rest of Poledo is just noise, i had to skip through it a bit to make sure. genuinely unlistenable to me. 9) 1/10 overall: 6.33/10 -> 3/5, solid listening experience outside of the last track