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| | Back for the First Time - March 15, 2005 - The New York Sun |
 | | Back for the First Time - March 15, 2005 - The New York Sun |
 | | The group responded to the aggression of hard-core and the vacuousness of arena rock with something new - sprawling songs that vacillate between hypnotic and abusive, jumping across bizarre time signatures while switching from whispered lyrics to raucous, screaming jam sessions. |
 | | Then, the whole thing builds to chaos - the vocals scream and fall silent, the two guitars wail and duel, meter skips wildly (although tempo generally remains a slow drive), and the band swells to a thick, wall-of-sound climax. |
| www.nysun.com /article/10615 (574 words) |
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