Signposts: Joy Division R.E.M. The Chameleons Pale Saints Kitchens of Distinction. One of the finest dream pop records made. - ALL MUSIC GUIDE December is a stunner a high-water mark for UK-inspired American music. A remarkable & ambitious effort. - TROUSER PRESS FOR AGAINST has released a series of brooding pop records layered with surging wall of sound guitars & melodic bass lines since their inception in 1984 in Lincoln Nebraska. For Against resurfaced in 2002.