They open the album with a renewed commitment to sonic heaviness. It captures the genre's two greatest dynamics , while the spoken word mutter narrates this surreal affair. "Soul Diesel" works off a more tense indie rock vibe, as a melody in the back ground dominates the softer vocal buried in layers of colliding guitars. "trainers" finds them jamming more heavily with their effects pedals as the vocals fall further back in the mix. Then they serve up some dreamy jangle with "rl stine" that they manage to contrast by stamping on the distortion for a deliberate pounding of your ears.
They cover Fugazi's" Slo Crostic". This one is from the "Instrument Soundtrack" so it's a more obscure track. It makes sense as you can hear the Fugazi influence earlier in the album, I did not want to point it out since I knew this was on here and it seemed like a better to bring it up. The are not as in your face as Fugazi, due to the drummer and bassist not being as locked in which considering the genre they work in makes sense. Nothing new is brought to the table with the cover.
"violence iii" finds a little more songwriting in wall though when they stomp on the distortion it's a wall of fuzz that hits you rather than a riff. They go back to the formula they used on the first track to some extent for "American food" though there are some electronic elements crept into play. Though the song after this just diddles around with My Bloody Valentine's guitar tone. The last song finds them working off melody and making more of an attempt to write a song. I will give this album a 9, as it experiments with the formula and employs effective dynamics while typically caring about the songs.
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