The band induces an uptempo sugar high with "Kinetic to Potential"'s guitar twang and snare-filled beats before finally slowing its pace on "Saints and Sinners." Yet after several listens the band's off-kilter style wears thin, especially on stillborn tracks like "City Limits" and "High Rise," the latter's watered-down bar rock giving you anything but. It's a mixed bag really. While the results of The Symptom and the Sick may not roar, they don't pussyfoot either.