SECOND BITE

Second Bite was the band's first new album in two decades, and it is hot garbage. I cannot be mean enough to this record. Its only redeeming quality is that it has a photograph of a chameleon on the cover, and that's only because I'm a reptile enthusiast, as I've mentioned before. (And even then, it's a pretty lousy photograph.)

Second Bite is replete with cheap-sounding synths, washed-out guitars, and an air of general crappiness. It sounds like a rehearsal for a demo recording. I'm about 90% certain the drums are a machine, too. Dunton's usual vocal delivery sounds tired and lifeless, and the production is among the worst I've ever heard. His voice is somehow both murky and too loud, with an oddly processed twinge. The songs here were mostly written back during the band's original incarnation, and good versions of them exist elsewhere. This record sounds soulless, exhausted, and amateur. There is the occasional passable passage, such as on "Careful Sam" and "The Minstrel". Even parts of the 22-minute slog "Age 2 Age" could have been salvaged by a more competent band and producer.

Review originally posted here: theeliteextremophile.com/2024/06/24/lesser-known-gem-t2-itll-all-work-out-in-boomland/

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