1. MikeL

   10

   Amazing. Still an absolutely amazing record.

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2. RStJ

   5

   Ok, first of, you people giving this mess a "10" need to wake up. This album has major problems, not least of hich is the almost unlistenable mi/mastering. I'm t a total loss to explain this as nything other than some catostrophe occurring in the studio which had to be covered by superheating the mix to the point where you focus on the distortion rather than the frequently inept song takes. Next, you people giving this a "0" need to snap out of it too, since very few bands will ever be able to record a song as terrifyingly good as Jumpers. I'm pretty sure this is what the entire album was supposed to sound like as Jumpers is tight, well-rehearsed, and clearly a finished product unlike over half of the other songs. It also sounds much like SK's best work in the past, just updated a bit with a strong sense of rock c. 1991. Sadly, the vibe reminds me very much of late period Nirvana and we all know how that ended up. The cancellation of the November tour dates is an ominous sign. I hope Brownstein is OK. If she's the first person "I" of Jumpers then she might not be. The song really should have been called "Jumper" (singular) since there is only one person in the song and it is not a meditation on why people jump in general, but why one person in particular jumps--a profound and hopeless sense of loneliness. On the strength of this one song, I give the record a "5." I hope it's not the end for the band, but I think it probably will be.… Expand

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3. MichaelE

   3

   Why everybody's going so crazy of this I just can't understand. It seemed to me what S-K had going for them was the clever interaction between the two voices, which is all but gone on this middling effort. Never liked them that much to begin with, mind you.… Expand

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