NOEXTEHO

Thank god I listened to this merely on the basis of "oh, look. a new Kill Rock Stars release" instead of reading reviews first. The reviews of this album keep mentioning that Marnie is a totally awesome guitar player who can shred as well as Steve Vai. Uggg. What could possibly turn me off more than that? Reviews like that do not describe this album accurately at all. OK, so there is guitar on this album. But the sound of the guitar (and whatever else makes music on this album) is so crazy and perfectly dischordant that its semi-reminiscent of Lightning Bolt, musically at least. Combine that with the almost-but-not-quite-pop song structures, and combine that with her singing/shouting somewhere between Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill. Now thats more like it. So, I'd say that is is definitely like Lightning Bolt + Yeah Yeah Yeahs + Bikini Kill + Kill Rock Stars (if I had to say it in one sentence).