Excepter is self-conscious dawn-of-music music and Alternation is their dawn-of-dance album: rudimentary experimentations in sound, rhythm, and vocalization without gloss or hurry.  Full text...

Their strongest collection of songs to date.  Full text...

The hour-plus Alternation distills the band's previous work and feels like more of an adventure than an idea. In that sense, it is indeed the "debut" that its gassy hype suggests it is.  Full text...

The album is made up of some studio work and some live recordings, but there’s not much of a noticeable difference: it all clangs and echoes with the same adventurous spirit and somewhat tiring execution.  Full text...