with the release of the band's second album, "hell songs", marshall's vocal style had noticeably changed from high-pitched screams to a singing style that over the years has been compared to david yow, nick cave and michael gira and also has been described as "elvis presley being tortured" and "jerry lee lewis on hallucinogenic drugs." marshall explained the reason for the change in vocals saying "it's intimidating [to be in this band]. these guys can play. i don't want to be like, "you guys be impressive and i'll just scream." we're not a band like that. our music is not like that, so why should the singing be like other bands?"