It might just be a matter of song order, but there's a point about three-quarters of the way through C Turtle's debut where the band seems to have decided that everything was too simple and needed to flip a switch. There is. It's a synthetic-sounding, sampled one-two of “Shoobie” and “Harry Who Knows to Fly,” the latter a nursery rhyme-like repetition that's genuinely irritating rather than intentionally dissonant. This is followed by an explanatory song. “Noise Thing,'' a six-minute sonic scream with seemingly no context, is at odds with the rest of “Expensive Thrills,'' but its best album is a nod to the band's '90s college rock It's a fun little nod to influences. Opener “Have You Ever Heard A Turtle Sing?” and its followers “Melvin Said This” and “Ex Athlete” are all filled with slacker, grunge and indie's obvious love for all things rock. Think Pavement at their heaviest, or the early work of 00's Noizniks Cloud Nothing. Meanwhile, “Shake It Down” is their formula's strongest progression, between Mimi McVeigh's sarcastic delivery and guitar squalls, as if Wet Legs were doing a Pixies song. It's like they're playing. Closer “More Insects'' employs this same formula, with the interplay between Mimi and Cole Flynn Quirke's vocals a clear touchstone for the group, and the explosive guitar stop-starts frequently creating a sense of unease. is bringing about. Expensive Thrills could have been a great album if its experimental aspects had seemed less calculated. As it is, there is no problem at all.