This seems like the type of music I should hate. Indie-type cool kids putting together a bunch of very retro-influenced songs. But I can't deny that its a great album, especially the first 3 songs. If the whole album would have been of their caliber, I can't even imagine how great this album would be, it makes my head spin. They have this super future modern production that reminds me of The Globe Sessions by Sheryl Crow, one of my favorite albums. I actually bought this album on a whim when I walked into a record store and heard Sleep playing over the intercom. It sounded like someone took the acoustic interlude from Bullet With Butterfly Wings and made a slow, sad ballad out of it. I hate talking to people I don't know, but it was so good I went up and asked the clerk what CD it was and bought it anyhow. In no way did I expect anything like the first 3 tracks on here, which are pure genius. The opening song Godless works despite the inclusion of brass horns, and then right after it the music segways perfectly into the next song, maybe the best on the album with its haunting lead guitar work. And the 3rd track is equally epic, you simply have to hear it.

As for the rest of the album, things take a big dive with the 4th track, a tossed-off country-ish piece of junk. I'm don't usually like songs with lots of humor in them, and there's at least a couple of them on this album. There's a few bright spots later on in the album, such as the afore mentioned Sleep and the "hit" single off this album, Bohemian Like You. I never saw the video for it if there was one, but everytime I hear the song I just imagine a bunch of kids partying and riding on a rollercoaster.

Otherwise, if I were the Dandy Warhols I'd toss all the indie-retro filler and make an album full of nothing but epic songs like Sleep, Bohemian Like You, and the first 3 tracks here. Then maybe they'd have one of the greatest albums ever written, no kidding. As it is, the album is good but you're not really going to care much about most of the songs here, just the ones that I said are good and maybe one or two others at the most.