Swarm of the Lotus
The Sirens Of Silence
(Abacus Records)

Buy this! Heavier than a binge-eating hippopotamus, SOTL have scored a real gem with this one. Imagine an emotionally disturbed Sonic Youth playing guitars detuned so far that the strings are in danger of falling off the fretboard. Sludgy, pig-ugly, and brutally dissonant. In other words, perfection! - Andrew Andermatt