By the time the Pennsylvania-reared group got round to recording Something Like Human, they were in top form and able to hammer out guitarist Carl Bell's compositions with thunder and confidence, which is a great deal more than anyone can say about Guster or Tonic.
Fuel have no problem speaking their minds.
It's one thing for an established indie artist like Lars Frederiksen to rant about major labels, but it's different when you happen to be signed to one, as Fuel is to Sony. Yet Scallions's stand is clear. The musicians are the ones allowing these people to have their jobs, and yet many of those people don't care about music at all. They're only interested in the reflected glory and the money, and they're willing to fuck you any way they can. We've established ourselves and we still haven't made any money off our records.