Sure, lets hit the other one, while I'm at it. (Remaining batch of old reviews getting writ up on 1/16)
This is, at least, a bit better than the first volume. The lyrics are still trite, and some of the synth gestures are still awfully tacked on, but there's a better anthemic chug here than there was in the first volume's lot. Freak's guitar juggernaut is particularly irresistible, and in theory I like the retro organs/mellotrons on Spangled, shame there's not more song there. Closer Cottonwood Symphony, the vinyl-only track I had to do some extra work to hear, is probably the standout here just because of its ragged production and inflected guitar sound - its really damning for the rest of the album really, drawing the other four songs' overproduction excesses into sharp relief.
Cue further wondering about what's happened to these guys. I should really try to revisit Mellon Collie with fresh ears and see if I would even like stuff that sounded like their old stuff today. In the meantime, 2.5/5
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