One is easily sucked in with the opening track "Mondo Di Corpo," an electro-pop number that will make even the bitterest of souls want to get up and dance. Crosby's vocals on this track sound like a wonderful blend of Kate Bush and Siouxsie Sioux and evoke memories of the greatest of goth songs. We get somewhat of a tonal shift on another standout track, "Guerilla," a schizo ode to teenage drug use, young love and youthful mischief. One can't help but remenisce about those angsty high school years that are easily summed up in these lines: "Steal arsenal meals to feel like we're cool, the high brings me me there, the puke makes me feel empty. I'd leave this whole thing to be the prom king, chick by my side; corsage and black tie." On my favorite track, "Incomporable White Six," we get an eerie blend of vocals and synthesizer that back up the repeated use of the line, "Hey Scarlett, meet me in the hall, hide your candlestick, help me end it all " perfectly. One more track worth mentioning is "R So," a nasty little number where the trio seems to be having the most fun, allowing themselves to let loose and rock out just for the sake of doing so. With all of this said, Free Alongside Ship is not without its misfires. "Guaranteed Used," a folk-rock number that never seems to find itself and sounds like a dated homage to Ani Difranco, is the most notable, but by no means do the few tracks deflate the whole disc.

While I will not call Free Alongside Ship a perfect album, I will say that it is a fun, eclectic album made up of well crafted pop songs that can be listened to repeatedly. If Shitting Glitter keeps it up, I forsee them playing at the next Heatherette party and on a soundtrack for a future Larry Clark film, with much fanfare of course.