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Second disc Chirpin' Hard is the crowd-pleasing Speakerboxxx to Hill's less-accessible Church Gone Wild.
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Aside from Church Gone Wild’s best moments, there’s not much material here that can compare with the intelligence and distinctiveness of the duo’s best work.
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Alternative PressChirpin Hard makes you feel like you're getting chased by a swarm of giant mosquitoes in a scrolling Mega Man hellscape circa 1992, while Church Gone Wild is a nerve-shattering whirlwind of atonal chaos. [May 2005, p.168]
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It’s the sound of two very talented musicians getting their proverbial creative ya-ya’s out, temporarily sullying their good name to lay ground for something potentially even more exciting.
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SpinTo divide Hella's mind is to hack their talent in half. [May 2005, p.105]
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Hill’s disc captures everything that’s easy to hate about Hella.... Seim’s album, on the other hand, is easily the most fully-realized work to bear the Hella name.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 8
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Mixed: 1 out of 8
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Jun 22, 2022Zach's half is by far the best half to the point where the latter half seems pointless.
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RandolphR.Sep 6, 2008A true testament of the endless sea of talent that is Spencer Seim and Zach Hill.
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CatfishRiversFeb 14, 2006