Record Label: Asian Man
Genre: Emo
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Completely gone is the ska, but then again, Slow Gherkin always had the harmless emo / mildly-retarded-but-really-sweet-moppy-haired-kid-down-the-street sound anyway. The songs here aren’t nearly as catchy as on their previous, but they’ve fleshed out their soul-rock sound.

Yet this isn’t a keeper for me. For one, the vocals are more off-key and nasal than normal (they’re especially painful to listen to on “Letterhead” and “Snakes”), and the music, while upbeat, doesn’t pack any punch. As always, their songs are way overlong and become irritating midway. The two good tracks on here is the skanky “Oxford Way” and the soul-snappy “Baby Snake”. The rest of the album falls flat.

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