Credits:Boris (Boris)Description:Pinkisanew-phaseBorisalbum.Whileitcontainsallthenoisy,heavy,unhingedguitaraggressiontheirearlierrecordsdo,theycombinethoseherewithfocusedaccessibilityandagaragerockobsession.Ontheopeningtrack,"Farewell,"onecanhearsomanyun-Boris-liketraits--abitofRideandMyBloodyValentineshoegazehere,abitofpost-rockIsis(originallyinfluencedbyBoris!)there,sliversofSigurRos,Nadja,Jesu...onewondersifthissetisasend-upthatprovestheycandoallofthisbetter.Buttheobviousreferencesarepartoftheappealofthisgloriousslabofmoltendin-rock.Elsewhere,thetriowedsraucous,riffingspeedymetallicwhomptothegaragerocktrashaestheticofGuitarWolf.Atsuo'srimshotsmatchintripletimeWata'slow-string,downtuned,freakzoidriffingandthesquallingthrobofTakeshi'sbass.Fuzzed-out,ripped,andtornandshreddedriffsandpropellerkitworktakeBoristoanentirelynewlevelof"heavy"here."WomanontheScreen"soundslikeIggyPopfrontingtheMC5intheSunnO)))eraintwominutesandthirty