Terror Eyes steals a page from Evan Dando s songbook with its droopy-eyed vocal styling, and Flexiclocks capitalizes on an infectious guitar hook, recalling Superchunk in the verses. Things start to fall apart with the indulgent Timespacechanger , however. Bleating feedback, a plodding pace, and tuneless vocals bog this stinker down. The band gives alternative country a go on At The Saturn Bar. Guitarist Lane Miller is a fan of the whammy bar, which used sparingly, is a welcome diversion, but Miller can t keep his hands off it.
Any novelty gets old fast with overexposure.
Will Self-Destruct has its moments, but the band repeatedly misses the boat with questionable lyrics, generic musical passages, and a tendency for overindulgence.