shirie: agreed on fridmann's drums. he always mixes the drums loud as PISS, and to be honest, that's one of the reasons [besides, um, killer songs] that "the woods" is my favorite sleater-kinney album.

i suppose fridmann's penchant for including cacophony/noise/generally unnecessary shit is the reason why i like him as a producer. i enjoyed the clap your hands say yeah record he produced a lot more than most people. but then again, most people aren't noise fetishists like me. haha.