Material Issue - Freak City Soundtrack

Freak City Soundtrack just isn't as good as International Pop Overthrow. The album sounds good and has nice production values, but the songwriting isn't nearly as strong as it was on Material Issue's debut. There are a couple great songs like the opener, "Going Through Your Purse" as well as "Ordinary Girl" but the rest of the songs are just generally good rather than great, and fall a little short of the best Material Issue has to offer. This is a decent album, but a little disappointing when compared to International Pop Overthrow.