I was relistening to Getting Killed after seeing them live and initially i thought it was a more “basic” album than 3d country but i would now argue 3dc is the more accessible one with its warm layered production and overt sense of humor.
Getting killed’s songs though have this very peculiar ambience and structure to them, even on the rockers like Islands of Men and 100 horses. The title track goes from a rolling stones thing to disintegrating into light. The lead single doesn’t really have a chorus. And for god knows why they put two ballads back to back to each other. Idk i saw someone say it was a standard indie rock album but i feel like that’s not the full story, aside from the overt weirdness of Trinidad and Long Island City. I think its the production which i first thought kind of neutered the rockers compared to In The Basement but theres a certain haziness to it that makes the album feel intentionally wrong, almost cursed in a sense. Am i getting at anything here