It must have its roots in carbon monoxide which we give out and which plants inhale so they can emit oxygen which we inhale and which comes out as carbon monoxide and woe to the whole world if the process should be reversed. Carbon Stereoxide finds the Eraserheads at the crossroads. It has been eight years since the first album. That is a lot more than the Beatles ever had. Now frightfully conscious of their status as rock stars, they must prove themselves better and younger-sounding with every new release.
Youth is nearly always what the local hit charts are all about.
The first decision made was to pare down the sound and go back to the basics, so we get real guitars and real drums. These do get too loud in the wrong places at times, but take note, they are real. Then the E-heads and producer Robin Rivera ventured forth into different territories like dance, electronica and good old pop ballads. Of course rock holds the entire package together and it is on these cuts that they lay on everything on the music. When Carbon Stereoxide rocks, these guys rock harder than they ever did before.