Though this album suffers a little from the lo-fi recording quality, the sound of this exceptional experimental rock/post-punk unit can miraculously transcend the misgivings of poor recording quality with pure energy and high innovation. As far as inventive post-punk groups go, Dog Faced Hermans are certainly on a par with the Ex and early Sonic Youth and remain criminally overlooked in the scheme of ’80s post-punk. This release is not as strong as the jaw-dropping masterpiece Those Deep Buds, but is still a phenomenal display of inventive post-punk which draws on folk, free improvisation, and sound of Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band circa Doc at the Radar Station. If one can imagine that group fronted by Sandy Denny, that could be a good analogy for this sound. – Dean McFarlane
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