[kid cue]

i've been listening to this a lot more. i think i understand some of the appeal -- the melody (of all things) is pretty compelling, and all the cut-up noise verges on abstract AND rude. the chunky song structures lend it a somewhat epic feel. but, i feel like the distorto-midrange antics also cover up for some really boring rhythms. and it just comes across as kind of pigheadedly obnoxious. i feel like a much more interesting rhythmic backbone underneath the cut-up sounds would make this a better record ... almost as epochal as Justice seem to think they are -___-

i find it almost impossible to listen to on headphones. it does well w/ my laptop speakers....