The disc opens with "Summers Lost," a song that fades in slowly with a simple acoustic motif. The bass and a heavy, plodding drum riff kick in along with the vocals, leading to a buildup that stops more or less dead in its tracks to give way to a second acoustic groove. Of course, before the song calms down too much, the main riff comes back in on an electric, and this time the buildup leads to a crashing chorus. The song fades to a snare pattern, followed by a breakdown with distorted vocals and a drum pattern reminiscent of Tool's "Aenima." Then of course there's the fade out with the main riff repeated and a string pattern over it, finally fading out to electronic noises.

Which lead in turn to "Ten Ton Brick," with a riff that reminds me of... ah yes, Headstrong's "Adriana." Man, that's been bugging me for like 3 weeks. Anyway, with the exception of the acoustic strumming in a few places in the song, "Ten Ton Brick" is decently heavy as radio-friendly rock goes and is pretty catchy. The acoustic guitar- and piano-driven "Aftermath" follows, again with the varying dynamics as the CD takes the listener on a roller coaster. "Abuse of Sid" is another decent track, not really breaking the mold but that doesn't have to be a bad thing. It also has, at least for me, one of the more obvious-to-understand lyrics, telling somebody that she's being abused and it'll keep happening as long as she lets it, and at one point threatening to take up for her.