Dead meat

"Building on the fuzzy melodic indie rock and post-punk angles of some of their other associated acts, the Tubs add new layers to their sound with hints of Flying Nun-styled jangle pop melancholy, rough-edged pub rock, and even undercurrents of U.K. folk ... The album opens with the rumbly, abrasive bass lines and jarringly catchy choruses of "Illusion, Pt. 2," tying together Pylon's angular drive and Felt's mysterious melodicism with the traditionalism and stoic performance sensibilities of Fairport Convention. It's a strange combination of sounds, to be sure, but the Tubs deliver it confidently and directly ... The album is a grower, and its odd confluence of reference points is better absorbed than examined. Getting too caught up on the particulars how U.K. folk and jangly college rock fit together only distracts from the Tubs' neat presentation of their first batch of deceptively complex and solidly constructed tunes".

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"The Tubs [har] begået et album med rigelig energi til at opveje fraværet af noget absolut originalt ... Energisk postpunkrock og klirrende guitarer a la The Smiths smelter på en meget britisk måde sammen med en smal, men umiskendelig åre af folkrock ... The Tubs har energien og fremdriften, men de har også sangene, der kan matche rockmusikkens raketmotor".

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