i mentioned it was awful, and it's the cheese that is the concern, but this is so longstanding. self-consciously absurd acts like ween aside, there's plenty of music by more serious acts like sonic youth that is just chuckle-worthy at this stage, and never intended to be. but, i don't know if i want to tell them to exploit the cheese or throw it away, and i don't know if there's a right answer, at a point so late into the rock era as this. even people five years younger than me are going to be prone to interpret this sort of thing as a novelty act, and maybe that's ok.
in a strong year, i wouldn't put it in a best of list - unless that year starts with 198 or 199. but, it's enjoyable enough. and, it would be worth a beer, i'm sure.
we'll see where they go with it, but i'd like to hear them take it up a notch in profundity and intensity - it's a little too frivolous, a little too light.
