Credit the recording skills of
Steve Albini for the lean, dirty funk sound which distinguishes
Sport Fishin' from prior
Shadowy Men records. While the tempos remain spry and the dominant guitar sound is still built on vibrato, the all-instrumental songs owe more to
Link Wray than to
Dick Dale this time out; indeed, they even declare "We're Not a Fucking Surf Band" on one of the tracks.
–
Jason Ankeny, Rovi