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But anyone willing to accept its sonic extremities will find to be a record of unusual power and purpose, one with few peers in its unsettling emotional honesty.
Furthermore, they are lyrically and melodically superior to the songs on the debut, but their merits are obscured by 's black-and-white production, which is polarizing.
This is partially due to producer , who gives the album a bloodless, abrasive edge with his exacting production; each dynamic is pushed to the limit, leaving absolutely no subtleties in the music.
It may be the aural embodiment of the tortured lyrics, and therefore a supremely effective piece of performance art, but it also makes a difficult record to meet halfway.
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