...Fascinating. A revision: the sound is not as harsh or overwhelming with swimmer's ear. Normally the sound is so real and so strong it feels like it's tearing though your softer tissues, but after a shower it's quite meek and restrained and enjoyable. Maybe the opening just gave a bad impression with its muscle-seizing arythmia and this album is meant to be heard underwater. Or, perhaps that painful, piercing reality is the point, and only sounds good to those who aren't really hearing it.