Sweep The Leg Johnny

Going Down Swingin'

BY Craig DunsmuirPublished Jun 1, 2002

Everyone's favourite saxophone-driven math rock death squad is out for blood yet again, and while the order of the day isn't much removed from previous fare served up on Sto Cazzo!, one small change could be the slight increase in the moments where the band takes a collective pause for the odd pretty flourish to rise out of the dervish. The suite-like nature of most tracks flowing into one another here (as well as the sheer girth of the two featured 15-minute epics, "Rest Stop" and mandatory album piss-take title "Sometimes My Balls Feel Like Tits"), however, makes these breaks a welcome respite, no matter how much you may love incessant precision 5/4 jackhammering and the like.
(Southern)

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