What this San Francisco-based band does it pretty interesting as it has groove to it. But the songs stay true to grindcore and are clocking in at 30 seconds apiece, meaning they lock into these, and then it is over. By the time it gets to "Land of Plenty," we are beginning to hear a pattern. Blown-out sludge-infested riffs moving with a nu metal bounce, and then spasming into blast beats, with coarse vocals barking in a similar style as they ride the beat.
When they slow down for "Lesser Miracle," you can hear the weight of how heavy they are. Even with the squealing feedback it comes closer to being a real song. "Staggering Vanity' feels like it is a section from another song.. To some extent, the song after it does as well, though marginally more complete, though not as much of a Tourette 's-ridden spasm as "In Anticipation of the Final Reward. "
The last song, "Shock and Awe," makes more sense, even with the simple, abrupt ending it is based off. At hte end of the day, the limited attention span of the genre plays against what I think they are capable of doing, but what they did here was make the most of the limited time they gave themselves, so I will give this album a 9. . If you like your grind core short and to the point then this album is worth your time.
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