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Unlike the band's previous effort, the songs on this album are rather more completed. The songs still have goofy titles like "Inadvertent Christmas Song" and "Dog with the Lampshade Head," though, and that cockeyed sense of reality pervades both the music and the lyrics.

Vocals that are often overdubbed in unison. Kinda creepy, really, though I did manage to get used to it after a while. Mostly, of course, because these songs are so warm and inviting that it's hard to stay outside for every long.

And even though the construction of the songs is a bit more coherent (most of the time), the stream-of-consciousness feeling still pervades. This disc channels inner thought processes, an intrusion that can be uncomfortable at times.

That's a good thing, to leave listeners unsettled. Swearing at Motorists has evolved, but it hasn't come close to cheesing out. The songs simply strike home that much faster.

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