Thirteen minutes, apparently, is all these guys need to envelope you.
This bite-size, three-song offering packs as much of an emotional punch as the lauded Fear Is On Our Side, the full-length platter the Austin quintet released just a handful of months before it. Maybe it’s the sequencing or Paul Barker’s crisp production, all clean edges and 1980’s-pop-hued. The obscenely catchy outtakes certainly don’t hurt: a pair of atmospheric odes saturated with dreamy synth washes, reverb-laced vocals and — oddly enough — soaring guitar refrains not far removed from the crescendos of Godspeed You Black Emperor!
The whole record, despite its brief running time, just sings. As good an introduction to the band as it is an addendum to their growing success. – Punk Planet, November/December 2006
