Continuing, Tad is rather heavy. When I say that I mean the sound...and the man. Tad sound caters to a metal crowd more than your average grunge band would. Tad (Doyle) has a deep throaty voice that when combined with heavy metal guitar (with a twist of grunge) and double bass drums, you get a pretty hard hitting chainsaw wielding lumberjack rock sound. The double bass adds a lot of punch to the album and really drives the songs home. When the songs sometimes seem to go nowhere, the drumming is there begging you to stay for the next dynamic change. Interestingly enough there are some dynamics to this album. Of course there is some soloing and whatnot. Every metal band has to have some guitar shreddin going down, but I prefer some aural relief from the constant barrage of head pounding metal mayhem...thankfully Tad obliges with some almost melodic (at times) interludes that keep the songs just interesting enough. On "Luminol" a little piano/bass interlude comes out of left field, and the first time you hear it, you're just like...uh, I think my cd broke. Maybe Mascis was like "dude some piano right there would be killer...trust me" or something. There isn't a whole lot of that type of thing, and with track titles like "Ulcer" and "Throat Locust", you can bet the music isn't exactly pretty.

Anyway, this is really a pretty decent album. If you have any redneck friends, introduce them to Tad. They'll probably buy you a beer. If you have enough redneck friends Inhaler will pay for itself. Seriously though, for a metal sounding album, Inhaler is pretty tolerable. I'm not usually into the hard stuff, but Tad is entertaining to say the least.