If you're gonna do a tribute comp, doing an album straight through's the way to go. And if you're gonna do an album straight through, each band's gotta bring something new to the table without making a disjoint hodgepodge.
This's better than most, with a few real novel takes. Pygmy Lush's wildly dreamlike Serve the Servants, Mean Jean's bratty Very Ape, and Thou's flayed Milk It -- they all take the originals' energy in a new direction without just starting from scratch.
The rest is mixed at best: Circa Survive's Scentless Apprentice at least comes in a little harder, taking that Albini percussive crush up a notch. But Young Widows' Dumb is powefull uninteresting, and Thursday's Rape Me is pathetically watered down, one of the meekest covers I've ever heard.
The rest is in between - it's nothing that's going to replace the original, but its a fun listen once or twice through if you've got 15 bucks / (more likely) spotify and an hour to burn 3.5/5
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