Her driver was new to the country; he mightn't be prepared for the leaping of the yellow water down dry arroyos, swift as the pouncings of a cat, or the snake-like slidings of tons of loosened rock and clay from the steep potreros […]

No doubt the dark blind underdrifts were always at the beck and call of the terrible windlass winding the waters down.

The collar was made less than twenty-four hours after the hunky bastards butchered the old man.

Standout “Hidden Knives” is the kind of new wave-leaning punk gem John Hughes would’ve loved, while “So Beneath You” is a teeth-baring, roiling tune.