Artwork By [Cover] -
Stephane Dumais
Artwork By [Graphics, Layout] -
Host
Mastered By -
Da5id Din Photography [Live] -
Alan McClelland
Written-By, Performer, Producer, Mixed By -
Tom Shear
Failure is Shear's second album and contains some of his best tracks to date. Lots of good stuff here. This one has some of the same problems as Contempt, where some of the songs become too long or too repetitive. However, this one contains lot of key tracks. Highlights include I Am the Rain, Tried, Dissapoint (possibly Shear's best track), Longevity, King of Insects. This truly is a landmark album in this scene. The later Assemblage albums sound more refined, but this one should not be passed up. 4/5