the pod is another twisted masterpiece from the brothers ween. the songs here are from all genres (ranging from the psycho prog-rock of captain fantasy to the stoned-out country of sorry charlie), but they are all filtered through the lo-fi insanity (which goes hand-in-hand with genius) of gener and deaner. the album's genius is in the fact that all the sylistically diverse tracks meld together in a bizarre, unsettling, druggy, and alltogether weird amalgam. when it has ended, one feels a sense of relief akin to that felt when cured of illness, and yet the album is compelling enough to warrant further listens. a masterpiece