Noam Weinstein has the gift of unique perspective. While most of the situations he writes about are universal, you seldom find them framed in the weird, witty way that seems second nature for him. Parenthood is a perfect case in point—it's an experience that Weinstein entered shortly before making Bottlefed, but you're unlikely to hear the topic tackled similarly by anyone else. "Childproof" opens the album by presenting a paranoid pair of parents who want to cordon off the entire world for the safety of their new offspring. Peering into his parental future on "The '80s," Weinstein imagines his kid grown up and mocking pictures from the past the same way he laughs at outmoded fashions in old photos today. Bottlefed isn't purely a parenthood album by any means; Weinstein aims satirical arrows at everything from "Avatars" to the "GPS Lady." But one of the most striking songs is the intriguing "My Voice," a Steely Dan–ish track that could be about a writer's internal conflict, a deal between a celebrity and a ghost writer, the compact between man and God, or all (or none) of the above.