That's usually the way it goes, eh.
Hell, yeah ... a couple of decent tracks and a bunch of stuff recorded through a sock, with the 'singer' in another room, using equipment that last saw action on the Ark ... I'm all for the DIY-ethic and self-released material, but I do sometimes wonder what possesses some people to inflict their efforts on an unsuspecting world.
Mind you, the same can be said of some bands signed to major labels with decent equipment