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faceless chorus. Even exceptions like the comparatively rocking "Freefall" and

"Through the Light" sound curiously restrained. Lyrics are the vaguely

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disaffected collections of morose observations you'd expect. Sample: "Sleeping

on your pages there's a family of clowns / Handing out the money while you're

chasing it down." But these are harsh words for a very nice-sounding record by a

band that clearly knows what it's doing--nearly any of Distressor's songs could

be slipped onto modern rock radio, and no one would notice. Whether that's good

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