Rolling Stone (p.66) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "In one song, 'Panic Switch,' singer-guitarist Brian Aubert is a fuzz orchestra unto himself, opening with a dirty grunting lick, jumping into the chorus with an iron wall of strum and stuffing the bridge with rusted treble."
Spin (p.84) - "These dreamy Los Angeles rockers keep the guitars thick and gauzy on the follow-up to their 2006
debut....A trip best made with headphones."
Entertainment Weekly (p.59) - "Album opener 'There's No Secrets This Year,' a tangle of urgent drum bursts and furrowed-brow melodies, builds a nice buzz."
Blender (Magazine) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Their 10 new songs average more than five minutes, and they use the time to stack arrangements like store shelves....SSPU salute misery as a kind of ideal, the opposite of love but just as beautiful."
Rovi
彼らの秀逸な才能が確認できる待望のセカンド・アルバムは、引き続きデイヴ・クーリーをプロデューサーに迎えてバンド所有のスタジオで制作されたという。前作で見せたポップさは全体的に後退し、妖しさと不穏な雰囲気でタイトル通り〈恍惚〉となるほどのノイズが味わえる。ニルヴァーナばりの絶望感にグイグイ引き込まれたら最後。未来のグランジ・ロックにドップリと浸かってください。
bounce (C)小泉いな子
タワーレコード(vol.310(2009年05月25日発行号)掲載)