I think the new record's actually pretty great. The first two songs especially benefit from the spacier vibe they developed on Losing Feeling. "Glitter" has a nice drony, rumbly thing going and then throws on MBV pedalboard squalls and cheesy Casio hand-clap sound effects. It's a step down experimentally from "Losing Feeling" itself but it's still one of the more interesting singles of the year. Even if it does get a little wonky on the back stretch the album has enough ideas and energy to warrant at least a "grower."
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