Veruca Salt's third album, released in 2000, saw Louise Post go it alone, without Nina Gordon. After a piano opening (The Same Person), the album kicks into gear with the heavy guitar grind of Born Entertainer. The song appears to be directed at the departed Gordon, with Post singing unsubtle lyrics "she didn't get it so fuck her". The album is a bit of a mixed bag. There are 'Alanis-Morrissette-goes-heavy' tracks like Best You Can Get, Wet Suit and the pointed Used To Know Her. There are plenty of heavy pop songs like Officially Dead, and slightly generic ones like Only You Know. We also get whispery, brittle pop in the shape of Imperfectly and slow burn blowouts Disconnected and Hellraiser. The album is a bit long and all over the place to really connect, but not a bad effort.
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