It's not amazing sounding. Sounds like phone-quality audio like you would expect, and the production isn't very good either. Find myself in disagreement with Pitchfork on this one.
Strongly agree. Nothing remarkable, not even a little bit. It doesn't even sound _good_.
It's like some forms of metal and punk, being raw is part of the appeal. When most of your songs feature long interludes of "mud"-induced rambling, it's not that important than your prison-phone vocals sound pristine.
Aesthetically, I understand what you're saying. I like muddy stuff, but this is just poorly mixed IMO. Not like in an audiophile "but the compression!" way or something, it just sounds like garbage.
Ok, we've taken the amazing sounds out of the title above.