Hella
's abrasive and violent attack on predictability continued with the impressive and brief
Bitches Ain't Shit But Good People
EP, the band's debut on Seattle's
Suicide Squeeze Records
. After the loopy and exhaustingly short
"Ho's in the House,"
offers up a layered blitzkrieg of violent notes on the seven-plus minute title track, which unfolds into a chaotic festival of noise.
"Rich Kid"
is a staggering whirlwind of guitars, drums, and assorted programmed sounds, while
"Elkan Since Republic of R+B"
features the first vocals ever on a
track.
D. Elkan
vocalizes remarkable well over the musical discord, while guitarist
Spencer Seim
and drummer
Zach Hill
perform more of their arresting brand of
experimental
, impossible-to-classify brand of
rock
. The disc whetted the appetites of listeners until the band's next full-length. ~ Stephen Cramer