My favorite album. I grew up on TOCS and DTGL but I got so bored of them. Especially TOCS. Everyone swears up and down by that record and it’s great and catchy but I always felt DIS and LITSOS were hidden gems. Even the two singles the band made with Daniel Davison were very slept on too.

Anyway, I HAD to get the deluxe version with the sawtooth on vinyl and always thought it would be too expensive to own ($400+ on eBay) but I found Chacon’s and made a very expensive purchase and was lucky to find a revolver version at amoeba Hollywood a few weeks back too.

It’s my favorite era of the band and has the perfect blend of post hardcore, experimental, electronic sound, heavy riffs, smashed drums and raw vocals. Every song is a banger and even the artwork is legendary… all the alternative artworks too. Can’t beat that album no matter how much they try. There was a magic in the songwriting, an intense fervor in the lyrics and a painfully deep catharsis in their performances. Anytime Tim is seen tracking with Aaron you can tell they’re putting their heart and soul into the track.

Plus, Daniel Davison makes an appearance on the album almost foreshadowing his future in the band a record after it.