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...housing lottery to get something as excessive as a 230 sq. ft. single. Sophomores live in mostly smaller suites of connected (but not walk-through) singles while juniors and seniors can take their pick of a top floor duplex suite in one of the three “bricks?? (Holmes, Comstock, or Moors) or a highly prized wood-floored gargantuan suite in Wolbach. Jordan overflow housing—the Quad of the Quad—is actually highly desirable, as accommodations resemble DeWolfe without doubles—complete with cable TV, massive common rooms, and a kitchen. Sociable...
...Brutalist Bricks.” Like the raw concrete buildings meant to reveal the structure and function of their rooms through their exteriors, the album’s tracks combine to embody what seems to be the LP’s primary purpose. “Bricks?? seeks to remain true to TL/Rx’s punk roots and commitment to a diverse range of musical genres, while experimenting with the style that has elevated the band into the indie rock consciousness. The album is thus built on the same foundation as all of its predecessors?...
...Where “Bricks?? falters, however, is on those tracks that trade a beautifully rounded sound for wavering efforts to be distinctive. “Tuberculoids Arrive in Hop” could be haunting, but it’s overworked, and the result is a strange amalgamation of shrill tones bookended by segments that appear to have been recorded outside. The song is certainly different, but its oddness is remarkable only because it distinguishes itself from much of the rest of the album, which suffers from the conclusion that nine years after breakout debut...
With tracks meant to fit coherently and easily into the larger constitution of an improved TL/Rx, “Bricks?? too easily shows its cracks. The album purports to flow as seamlessly as the textured Brutalist buildings of the postwar era. But while its foundations remain solid, upon closer examination, “Bricks?? is more often a revelation of the band’s disjointed endeavor to fuse old with...
...think why / Like a search for murder clues / In dead man’s eyes.” The rain eventually subsides. “If You Were There, Beware,” “The Bad Thing,” and “Old Yellow Bricks?? all have their moments of blasting guitars, but while they’re tuneful, they’re not particularly distinctive. They all seem to be lifted from the earlier album—good but already heard before (the guitar of “Old Yellow Bricks?...