I’ve been meaning to nab this album for a while but kept putting it off until finally getting the chance to get the vinyl when I saw her live recently.  Stern’s second album kicks through the speakers with super high-octane songs that further blur the lines between indie rock, noise, and instrumental shred.  Built on double hand tapped guitar lines, Stern and company takes the listener into a journey that can go from catchy rock hooks to speed of light riffing and back again.  However, while others may use Stern’s level of guitar technique strictly for solos, she incorporates them into the songs themselves, creating layers where melodies and hooks can veer into almost frenzied power anthems.  While people into mershternative and emo might not get this, Marnie Stern continues to innovate by taking somewhat known musical elements and aiming them towards the unexpected.  This is It… is one of those must have albums of the past year.  (BOONE)

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