Following the split with ex-Folk Implosion colleague John Davis, there now appears to be no distinction between this 'band' and Sebadoh. Certainly this is emotionally a world away from the sublime good humour of the Folk Implosion's previous album. The opening bucolic acoustics of "Fuse" and "Pearl" soon give way to the rockier "Releast" and "Coral". A bitterness pervades the record (references to "self-destruction" in "Releast", the repeated "miles away" in "Creature Of Salt"), with Barlow's voice sounding like Eric Matthews, before reaching an uneasy acoustic compromise on the closing "Easy". For Barlow stalwarts only.
Following the split with ex-Folk Implosion colleague John Davis, there now appears to be no distinction between this ‘band’ and Sebadoh. Certainly this is emotionally a world away from the sublime good humour of the Folk Implosion’s previous album. The opening bucolic acoustics of “Fuse” and “Pearl” soon give way to the rockier “Releast” and “Coral”. A bitterness pervades the record (references to “self-destruction” in “Releast”, the repeated “miles away” in “Creature Of Salt”), with Barlow’s voice sounding like Eric Matthews, before reaching an uneasy acoustic compromise on the closing “Easy”. For Barlow stalwarts only.