Another ex-Mint Chick project, this time from singer Kody Nielson, whose auto-tuned, doubled-up shimmersingin from Chicks circa Screens is on full display.
Other than that distinctive vocal tick though, this has the same problem as the just-covered Ruby Suns album: too much reliance on 60's and 00's influences (highlight Blue Meanies is a dead ringer for late-era Beck, Why Why is as similar to George's Wah-Wah in sound as it is in name). It fares better at the end when things get noisier and weirder (Cola Elixer's orrery swirls), but it's mostly very indistinct, with few real memorable moves. Too much NZ pretty and too little NZ punch 3/5
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