AllMusic Review by Eugene Chadbourne
This Arlington, VA, band hones in on a sound that elusively slips around between styles of rock as if it was a time machine with a few loose fuses. One moment it's a roots rock sound, the next a tight, nervous new wave beat, then a fuzzbox kicks in around a catchy melody and it is almost like pre-Nirvana grunge. This set of songs suffers from excessive repetition of several devices that would have come across as more clever if used less frequently. And as a whole, the songs sound too similar to each other, almost like a continuing story that the listener might not want to hear the end of. The voice of leader Karl Straub is really beautiful, though, often bringing a song amazingly to life from one breath to the next. Several standout tracks are worthy of attention, especially the dark, disturbing "Acid Black" and the lyrically captivating "Rock Salt."
Tracklist
| 1 | Black Soda Under Black Rum | 2:32 |
| 2 | Elvic Costello | 2:33 |
| 3 | Sleeping On The Moon | 1:55 |
| 4 | Rock Salt | 2:35 |
| 5 | Tonight | 3:51 |
| 6 | Catch My Breath | 1:47 |
| 7 | Dried Out Loud | 2:03 |
| 8 | Acid Black | 2:02 |
| 9 | Lords Of Fuzz | 2:12 |
| 10 | Take A Bullet | 2:06 |
| 11 | Through Tonic Water | 2:10 |
| 12 | Ice Fishing | 1:30 |
| 13 | Soda Pop Moon | 1:43 |
