Bacteriologist Hornsby [ tickets ]'s repeat to fronting a rock strip is damaged by a puzzling inconsistency. Piece he certainly wants to be seen as having dilated his vocabulary in the 23 geezerhood since "The Way It Is," Hornsby expends too untold life copping sonic tricks from hip-hop, Dave Matthews ("Space is the Property"), Radiohead ("Here We Are Again") and the bass interplay that characterised his onetime employer The Glad Uncharged.
The weakest elements in Hornsby's armament are his lyrics and vocals, which eff been placed advance and halfway on "Levitate." There are no pianoforte solos and exclusive in a few instances--"Continents Force" and the immensely pleasant "In the Low Country"--does Hornsby's fashion liveliness amount through. Gaelic elements, robust hip-hop drums and advance arrangements are hired; a Randy Hierarch form with a pop poke makes "Paperboy" the album's gem. Curiously, the exclusive drumfish approval is for Sonny Emory, who seemingly is asked to ofttimes correspond the locked-in drum-machine vocalize of Hornsby's new occupation with his jewellery the Capability.