Benny Bunter
Well-known member
people tend to point to Loveless as an unparalleled studio achievement--which i wouldn't necessarily argue with, but to me Isn't Anything just sounds like one album among others of its ilk (and possessing only a few great tracks in my opinion).
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One thing that makes Isn't anything stand out for me is Colm's drumming, which was pretty fierce and inventive on some of the tracks. That side of the band definitely got lost on Loveless. Most of the other shoegaze bands just recycled those ploddy Spacemen 3/JAMC rhythms, which can get quite boring.