Tundra Survey / Cracked Radiator, Bum Transmission / Self-released (CD)
This observation really has nothing to do with the rest of the album, but it seems relevant to mention: the first time you hear voices on this album, six minutes into the first track, it sounds like the faint stirrings of excited elves — sort of like when the munchkins are first introduced in The Wizard of Oz. The rest of the album is a somber, fairly low-key affair, devoid of similar moments of unexpected eccentricity. Happy-go-lucky would definitely not be on a list of words describing Tundra Survey’s sound;