The Death of Cool
AllMusic critic Ned Raggett praises the album as a "multifaceted , deeply felt hour of music that is easily the equal of such similar masterpieces of post-punk guitar rock as The Chameleons' "Script of the Bridge" and The Sound's "Heads and Hearts" . " Lead singer Patrick Fitzgerald said this of the album: 
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