Nice to see the Paxton and the Gipsy Rose Caf� thanked on the back of this. Recorded at RMS in Crystal Palace, this is one of the later singles and kind of a taste of things to come. The stop-start Slant Invention opens. Alison�s lyrics are so disjointed sometimes that I really don�t know what she�s talking about but when she has the ability to write glorious couplets like �you�re the source and I�m the addict� and �I watch you like you�re art, like you are�, the overall meaning come in second place.

An early version of Aerial from Crash Diagnostic opens side B and it�s better than the album version. Sparse and desperate, it�s like a bullet to the gut. The acoustic �Most Brutal Criminal� is last with a piano accompaniment. It serves as a reminder of Discount�s last shows when they played this with James on guitar. It�s quite a melancholic feeling but it�s a glorious song.

--Chris (30th Oct 2001)