(Someone Else's) review of Miranda Sound - Western Reserve

I am currently researching for an upcoming review of Miranda Sound's newest concoction... I poked around on the interweb for perhaps another review which could give me some listening points. There is only one that I was able to find, and it's written by Jeff Wenzel from the Denver Post.

And while positive, it really really sucks. It's short enough for me to post in its entirety.

Columbus, Ohio, quartet Miranda Sound crafts intelligent, cathartic post-punk epics that waver between lanky and tuneful. It's deceptively simple music that would do bands like Dismemberment Plan and Mission of Burma proud.

What sets Miranda Sound apart from those hallowed names are the inexorably Midwestern melodies of lead singer-guitarists Billy Peake and Dan Gerken. Despite the weighty lyrics, the choruses sound like a Frankenstein's monster mash-up of Matthew Sweet and Robert Pollard - sweet, gritty and soaring.

Miranda Sound also sports a studio sheen previously unrealized thanks to producer/D.C. legend J. Robbins (of Jawbox and Burning Airlines), whereupon Sean Sefcik's propulsive bass and Dan Bell's succinct drumming get the slick sonic treatment they deserve.

"Western Reserve" finds Miranda Sound fulfilling its considerable potential amid the white noise of so many other post-punk poseurs.

I'm not going to deconstruct it point by point, but that, my friends, is a review that says absolutely nothing. Either this guy can't write, or his preparation was listening to one song off the internet and reading the press release. What garbage.