“Lots of acts are mining similar territory these days. To name the most obvious adherents, Sic Alps, Times New Viking, Psychedelic Horseshit, No Age, and Tyvek have each hit upon their own twisted formula for reinventing noisy art-pop. For some reason, all these groups have decided that the best way to record is if all your songs sound like they were taped on a thrift-store answering machine using its built-in condenser mic, in a tiled bathroom, when you’re really high. Was there some sort of convention held where it was decided this is how records are supposed to sound now? Does Tom Lax of Siltbreeze have nude photos he’ll release of all these band people if they ever set foot inside a proper studio? And who came up with the “shitcore”/ “shitgaze” term for this stuff? That’s the silliest thing I’ve ever heard. I personally wouldn’t mind being able to hear more of what’s going on in some of these songs– ironically, you can catch the distinct parts of the music way better when you go see these bands live…”

taken from a very funny review on Pitchfork for the band Eat Skull