The first
Severed Heads album as part of an actual contract isn't quite a crossover effort; yes, "A Million Angels" and the single "Dead Eyes Opened" are surprisingly melodic synth-pop, though the sampled spoken word material on the latter does the title justice. Much of the album, however, includes avant tape experiments like "A Relic of the Empire," "Brassiere, in Rome," and "Alaskan Polar Bear Heater," merging the voices of an American middle-class everyman with an opera singer. ~ John Bush