The Clay People started off as an industrial outfit with lead singer Daniel Neet. By adding new musicians, their sound has been becoming more and more complex, preparing for this release. Well, here it is. An organic, less electronic sound that a band can achieve only from playing music on live instruments as opposed to simply layering keyboard tracks. Elements such as the mellow guitar opening to “Fade Away” to the pulsating, machine gun-like drums in songs like “Plug” and “Raygun Girls” are sounds that would have been previously impossible, but are they really worth it? No. Well, not really.

Despite their efforts, The Clay People still fall under the “hard rock cliché” and are not the groundbreaking artists that they want to be. While fans of solid hard rock may find this appealing, I’ve heard it all before.