The Opposite – Help Us Make It

Definitely my favorite local mustache rare. The mustache in review is really what makes the album. He has a voice that sounds like your drunk uncle’s terrible Napoleon Bonaparte impressions at family dinner. Personally, I think the album is great, but I am very forgiving of the local (Edmonton, Alberta) albums I buy. What is interesting though, is the recording quality. It seems they put the guitar way in the back, to the point where it is barely noticable and subsequently overcompensated with the organ. As well, sometimes it sounds like the band is falling asleep, a quality I very much enjoy. Overall, the album has the charm only private pressings can give, that tireless effort to have their music heard, no matter how subjectively bad they are. And God bless them for it.

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