The band has merged the lo-fi distorted keyboard hooks with the sound of extremely well-produced mean hard rock instruments. New guitarist Martin Ros alternates between noisy slide guitar, aggressive metallic riffs and painting the corners with two-note or chord-scratching ambience as Westberg used to do. Eric Robel's drum sound is crisp, tight and assertive, and bassist Rob Kimball does he thang, whether seconding the keyboard hook or travelling up and down the neck like a goat. And the album is DIVERSE!

I mean, you start off with a dark mood piece that turns into Biblical gangsta rap, then hit two blasts of AmRep noise-rock in a row, then move on through some nostalgic Cow-punk, a couple sleazy blues rockers (one with an ever-shifting time signature), a couple sick lounge jazz approximations (one with vocals by Dennis Hopper and Bruce Campbell. Sort of.), on through disturbing intrigue and hopeless sorrow before closing your day with distorted bass heartbeat pounding and a warped coda featuring S. Selberg and special guest Danielle Dowling dueting. AND THAT WEIRDASS KEYBOARD IS EVERYWHICHWHERE!!!! There is not a single piece of filler or cliche'd songwriting on this record. It's eleven original tracks of creative, hooky, diverse and loud rock music.