Yet another critic that doesn't get this one basic premise: someone not liking something, does not make it bad. But as with every Mercury review, when they say it's bad you know it's worth checking out. When they rave about it, you check it out and are always let down. In that way, they are still a reliable coolness barometer, but opposite from the way that they intend.

I've been listening to the album for a few weeks now, and I don't find this review to be very accurate. It seems like The Mercury wrote this before it actually listened to the CD, as the review is what many of us expected to get from this group. Luckily, we were happily surprised. Try listening next time, Lannamann.

Positive reviews from Paste, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and everyone I've talked to. It's not an awesome CD, but it's very good.

Reading this review hurt my buns a little bit. It almost ruined my day. And then I saw them last night... Ned needs to lighten up a bit. He either thinks MOF is shit cause he has no sense of humor and takes life way too seriously or he just couldn't manage to suspend his cynicism before seeing them live, the way these tunes were meant to be heard. They killed it last night. I hope you got to see the show Ned!