When it came out and I listened to it, I was pleasantly surprised by this little disc. Damn, who would have thought that the drumming beaver had this unsuspected talent for crafting 12 highly enjoyable songs that mix heavily saturated guitars with beautiful pop melodies? Okay, nothing new, I told myself, thinking of Bob Mould's Sugar, but damn it, these are really beautiful songs! When the second one came out, I realized I had made a mistake. Today, I’m sure I was terribly wrong!
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