“We're way past the point of criticizing Robert Pollard for putting filler on his records. If these two simultaneously released Merge LPs were a double album, it would be too long, too bloated, and too much to digest-- like 95% of all double albums. As two individual records at 16 to 17 tracks apiece, *Coast to Coast Carpet of Love* and *Standard Gargoyle Decisions* are both nearly as exhausting as”
