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's second album (the second of three released in three months in late '87 and early '88) shows the prolific Vancouver-based duo at the peak of their early style, which is basically that of a Canadian
. Less aggressive and sample-based than their compatriots
(which songwriter
used to be a member of; the Pup's
co-produced
),
married doomy electronic keyboards and percussion to a live-sounding bass and drum whomp, creating a more purely dance-oriented sound. The instruments are up front, and the supposedly menacing found-sound vocal samples are mixed well to the rear, which is basically the only difference between songs like the throbbing
and mid-period
albums like
.
is danceable and occasionally sonically intriguing, but it's also a little too plainly derivative to be taken entirely seriously. ~ Stewart Mason