I've heard The Heads' debut, Relaxing With..., and thought it was fairly good. I've only listened to it twice, but thought it was a fairly good stoner/psych album that I'm sure I'll listen to again some day. This is the second thing I've listened to from them, so I'm happy to be going in chronological order. I think I like what the band is trying to do here, and don't mind the singing style. I just find that the album is far longer than it needs to be, with far too many meandering instrumental parts. The album as a whole really doesn't have any focus, it plays like an endless jam marked for editing, that never made it to editing. I haven't even gotten to the 12+ minute closer yet, and I'm scared. What is the fucking point, at this point?! Really this could have been a solid 30-40 minute album. There's too much of the same and too little melody.
Sadly, I have to report that I'm not making it to the end - that doesn't bode well for a second listen. And that's too bad because I did enjoy some of the material in the beginning of the album, but it wore out its welcome after 30 minutes and I'm not likely to start over at any point. Some acid or meth would either have improved the experience or made it 100 worse. I expected I would like this, but they took it way too far.
5/10
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