Sebadoh Defend Yourself

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The album bristles with post-divorce bummers both electric and gracefully acoustic, while guitarist Jason Loewenstein gets heavy in the riff sense..."
"There's a universality to these tales of heartbreak and woe that will likely strike a chord....A fine return to peak period form."
"[T]hankfully not much has changed in the way of Sebadoh's core sound: the guitars are just as grizzled, the melodies just as infectious, the angst just as angsty."
4 stars out of 5 -- "[D]irect and effortlessly melodic....[With] a red-blooded, powerful live feel full of adrenalin and excitement."