Very good. I started with CD version, listened few times. There are couple moments with samples, where it is not exactly glitchy, but there are couple sounds that I thought almost as if CD is starting to skip - not music, but just the type of sound appears for very short moment. I had that problem with couple CD's over the years with old CD player I use at work. Decided to open it, clean the lazer and try again. Ended up having broken CD player refusing to even recognize discs anymore, hah.. fuck. Luckily I had couple "almost operational" extra CD players at home. Got one of those that had been in storage too long and the docking system had jammed. Now working fine. CD sound very "big" compared to vinyl, and furthermore, tape version is the nastiest. And the "glitches" I thought I heard, they play on all CD players as well as are present in other media too so there is nothing wrong with presses, it is probably noises of the spoken samples... well, one CD player sacrificed for GO.
Those who want the stuff extra dirty, could be recommended tape version, as it is really way more saturated and compacts sound. Not as wide and clear full blown stereo sound. I realize that the description with such rugged industrial & PE sound may feel funny, but indeed difference is very audible. LP edition sounds very good, some extra grit compared to CD.
Normally I do not buy "multiple formats" from almost any band, but there are these couple artists that I have tried not to. Such as settling with one black vinyl 7" of GO, instead of 5x7" color variation box. This album, cd/vinyl combination seemed necessary. Tape happened to come as unexpected bonus.
I recall I did comment on the tape set (perhaps on this forum), that I'd hope GO would do something like this on albums. Not that I would not like albums, but while some people commented that tapes were simple and easy tracks, I thought quite differently. Simple, yes, but easy? There is nothing easier in noise than piling up layers until it sounds "complex" or "advanced" and as if one did "a lot of work". It is vastly more difficult to make simple song with couple noise elements that work out great. With this album, many tracks are seemingly simpler and darker. Appears to be that bold move that you don't need to start piling up more sample layers and more vocals etc.. It can work great with couple brooding synth tones and flanged voice, which managed to create something NOBODY has been doing like that, other than GO.
Double album clocking 80 mins may be tough to swallow for those who don't like bleak and dark GO sound, but for the lovers of the style, personally this feels like one of the very best GO since... not sure what album to name drop here? That said, I would need to revisit many of the newer albums with fresh ears!
