A moody masterpiece
07/18/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"What a difference between "At the Club" and this import-only follow-up! The girls (and guy drummer) embrace strings and synths this time, and the punk guitars and attitude are present only sporadically. The lyrics are infused with ambivalence and self-doubt; if the first album was in love with trashy fashion and public drunkenness, this is the hangover, the morning after regret. It should be pretentious and dull, yet it's actually quite moving and direct. This album confounded their record company and the record buying public alike, and the band broke up just two months after its release. But they left one of the most remarkable two-album legacies of any teenage band ever to stalk the planet."