Disquiet

Amid all this doom, Therapy? sound reborn, utterly at ease with a sound they largely abandoned 20 years back. [May 2015, p.106]

It crackles with a credible contemporary energy and parades a succession of brutally accessible would-be hits courtesy of Still Hurt, Insecurity and the soaring, Hüsker Dü-ish Tides.

Here the instruments muddle together foggily and somewhat awkwardly. Fortunately, the songs themselves are strong enough to be of great comfort to those who felt lost twenty years ago and found some degree of solace in Troublegum.

When Disquiet finally falls quiet after 41 minutes, Therapy? fans will feel satisfaction. It’s not the kind of satisfaction that comes with hearing a masterpiece or the genesis of a bold new sound that no one’s heard before, but the satisfaction one gets from knowing one’s favorite band can still pull off a no-filler piece of handiwork after more than 25 years in the business.