Smeared

01/19/1993 3:00 AM, Yahoo! Music
Lyndsey Parker

Bargain-basement production and a ramshackle,seat-of-the-pants attitude do nothing to undermine the qualityof these tense, edgy pop tunes. "I Am The Cancer" ispoignant and beautiful, a real heartbreaker, while "Underwhelmed"is brittle, bristling and brilliant.