Day of the dog

"Been So Strange, for example, is the Velvet Underground's chugging R&B reincarnated, but with the delicious addition of a horn section. It leaves you wondering why Lou Reed never thought to do the same, so well does it work. Slacker/Adria is nervy, jittery powerpop until two minutes in, when the bottom drops out of the song and it turns into a doomy riff over which Furman appears to be telling us his nightmares: "I see white crosses burning across a dark landscape." He's seen his critics coming, too: the liner notes contain an index so you can check off the references. Clever, funny, sharp and tuneful - a great rock'n'roll record".

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"Everything that had potential in The Year of No Returning is here but in full-form. The experimental nature, the attempts at genre-bending (well, as much as feasibly possible with garage-rock), some tinges of early psychobilly, and the absolute best representation of Furman's ferocious gravel-laced vocal presence we've heard since Mysterious Power's `Bloodsucking Whore' - it's as if Furman is finally comfortable with his own songwriting. And there's a saxophone too".

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