5th album, their 1st for Touch & Go, for the feisty duo that is Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney on drums & Sam Coomes, bassist for Elliot Smith, on guitar & keyboards. Sounding more boisterous & pissed off than on their recent "melancholy" records they bash & pound on their instruments while Sam's lyrics vent steam at irritations like corporate entertainment, mass industry & biotechnology while expressing impatience & frustration with fellow humans & himself! They finish up the album with a rowdy rocking version of "Rock & Roll Can Never Die" as all hell breaks out around them.. RECOMMENDED