Regardless, this remastered Collection of Rarities is intriguing beyond its archival purposes, as it traces the evolution of an artist over the course of 11 years. And the readily apparent aesthetic progression here-- from elaborate noise and abstraction to Maus' progressive embrace of songcraft at its most pure and potent-- also documents Maus' developing theories regarding "pop's true potential" to do something visceral and subversive with the genre.