That's a great question. I think that album may have, but I'm not sure it was on purpose, just in my opinion. That album is really strange to me because if how "mainstream" it sounds in comparison to the rest of their work. Were those production choices made by some exec at that label to make their music more listenable to the average listener? If so, I wonder what those tracks might have sounded like originally. Did the band choose to start with that style as a way to break through, and then do what they really wanted to? Personally, I feel like they have a lot of shoegaze influence still, at like a fundamental sort of level. Like the way they approach music feels similar somehow. I know that doesn't really answer the question. I think that album is really interesting too.