Search - Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 :: Strangers From the Universe

Brilliant and quirky.

Susie | San Diego, CA | 07/20/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"this has rapidly become one of my favorite albums ever. it's dark and experiments with a fine-tuned mix of something like blonde redhead, kraftwerk and brian eno. i find it more resolved than most of their other releases and more purposeful in its sampling of noise. it ranges in all directions, from aggressive to soothing, from deconstructivist to powerrock... all in all melds to one hell of a piece of music. flawless but not overproduced. brilliant. it's like a "revolver" of the 90s in terms of its complexity and genius, and yet completely unique to itself. inventive and crazy."

Very weird and very cool

cudgel | bristol, pa. USA | 02/29/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"the line on this thing is that it's the most accesible of their releases and that it is. although they are always off-kilter and intriguing too often their other discs really make you work for the actual songs contained within. here though they are as focused as they get and the songs are charming, and a bit abrasive, but songs they are with lots of good singing and a wealth of odd, interesting arrangements. definitely cracked but playful and inventive and still pop, like it or not."