Despite its gorgeous scumf**k title, Marhaug's and Hegre's latest is a mostly quiet and pensative release; maybe not "one for the rainy days [as it actually is today], or when you're longing for the prairie", as they put it, but surely not a vicious beast like their superb and rightly acclaimed "Metal Music Machine". The lengthy guitar-generated drones of the title track are arguably the best track here, and along with track n. 2, "Blues for Sterling Hayden", make this a mainly ambient, even Kranky-style disc. The harsh noise bursts that you'd tend to expect from the duo are limited to the aptly titled "Tentacles of Broken Teeth", and the rest is made of weird medical documentaries ("God Damn This Ugly Sound"), turntable noises, found sounds, etc. Save for the last track, I must admit this is a decent, but not really memorable release, considering the quality level I expect from the Norwegian duo.