This is quite an original album and it gets better everytime you listen to it. I find the whole album to be one long continuous song.

Starts off slow out of the gate. Scattered thoughout the album, lush harmonies and acoustic guitars live happily between the occasional chunky guitar riff and thundering drum pattern. This record does not overpower the listener. The musicianship is impressive.

I believe Soundsystem and 311 have a sound all its own. It sounds like the fivesome has turned up guitarist Tim Mahoney’s amp, returning to heavy metal and punk roots. I think album is the most rock album that the fivesome has made. Indeed, on Soundsystem, 311 add morsels of dominating hard rock influences to their signature sound soup, which is equal parts reggae, hip-hop, rock, and funk. This album nor this group fit into any genre or subgenre.