“The indie rock veterans return with their second album since their almost decade-long layoff. While the punchy hooks and uptempo shouters are still here, the album as a whole is a shade darker, focusing on personal loss and the passage of time.”
“The title is bullshit – the kind people spit when dodging pain. "I hate music/What is it worth?/It can't bring anyone back to this Earth," snarls Mac McCaughan on "Me & You & Jackie Mittoo," an indie-rock reverie for fallen friends that name-checks the late Jamaican songsmith. Yet the music sounds like a grunged-up Partridge Family hit. So goes the follow-up to the 'Chunk's 2010 comeback, Majesty ”