Geof,

I just downloaded Big Senorita today, so I haven’t listened to it yet. I got Stopped at a Green Light last week with Deb’s record. I’ve only been able to listen to those two twice and some change, and that was while doing some work so it was sort of in and out of my head. I hope to give them a more attentive listen soon.

From what I have heard, they are both distinct in sound from The Weepies, which surprised me a bit. It’s not completely different from their newer stuff, but enough to make me realize that my expectations were off. I think they’re much better together (or maybe it’s just after the years they’ve matured since those albums released). Also, Deb’s vocals had a bit more of a strange… resonance maybe? There’s a sort of weird thing she does with her voice, even on Weepies records, that I think was a little out of control at times on this one.

Travis,
I like A Thousand Shark’s Teeth more than Bring Me the Workhorse. I never downloaded BMtW because the samples just didn’t stand out. But I downloaded the Inside a Boy EP and really liked what I heard, so I went ahead and got the previous album, thinking it would grow on me. It didn’t grow a whole lot (it’s not terrible, but it doesn’t jump out at me as great), but got A Thousand Shark’s Teeth the day it was released, and it’s gotten more listen time than BMtW.

Also, Ben Shive’s record, which isn’t on emusic, has taken the lion’s share of listening since it released. I like it more each listen. So I’ve been neglecting some of my other music acquisitions.