Schneider TM hovers between pop and avant-garde, as comfortable being compared to Matthew Herbert as to the Pet Shop Boys. He's just as likely to discuss extreme noise pop bands from Japan as he is West Coast hip-hop. The inventive results on this record include lethargic acoustic funk, distorted noise, twisted hip-hop, sweet soul melody, and the utterly indefinable. Brilliantly playful, if elaborate, collection of warped but brilliant pop.