Accolades for Unlistenable
What is presented on this album is a brand new Steel Pole Bath Tub - a band that is suddenly, miraculously at peace with their existence. The tension that was created by their previous records is broken, and what busts through the dam is a flood of spirited, heartfelt, and massively important revelation. Now, I'll admit that sounds bad in a way and I'll admit I was put off, even a bit disappointed on the first listen. I wanted another Scars from Falling Down, another Miracle of Sound in Motion, another Tulip. But having given it a chance to sink in, what I hear is an extension of all of those - only this time nobody was trying to make the perfect album. They were just doing what felt right.
There are a handful of tracks that sound like they were destined for a real sound-alike follow up to Scars... But aside from these tracks, vocals on the album are minimal and frequently nonverbal - choral ringing of jubilant voices adorns a number of otherwise very crunchy tracks, resulting in what sounds like an accidental confrontation between good and evil.
Steel Pole Bath Tub is easily one of the most criminally underappreciated rock bands of all time. Their creativity, originality and diversity of musical styles is akin to that of Melvins. But, where Melvins are often more quantity than quality Steel Pole Bath Tub are all quality all of the time. Highly recommended to fans of heavy psychedelic rock music that pushes the creative limits of heavy psychedelic rock music.
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