Past Lives features ex-members of the Blood Brothers and Shoplifting. "Beyond Gone" announces the band's arrival; guitars seethe and snarl. Strange Symmetry recalls the hypnotizing lock-step of the Monorchid; continually building. "Skull Lender" rides a feral gallop of desire for memory erasure. The plinky din of jackpot slots couches the fateful ascent of "Reverse the Curse", and "Chrome Life" is a Neu-inspired run to the sun.