Part Chimp: Thriller

rough trade shops favourite extreme-noise sludge-rockers return with 'thriller', their third studio album. fans of everyone from black sabbath and mc5 to tad, sonic youth, the melvins and harvey milk stand to be impressed by 'thriller's suffocating but liberating vibe that sounds brain-shakingly loud regardless where the volume dial is turned to on your stereo. signed to mogwai's rock action label, the camberwell crew have recruited bassist tracy bellaries (formerly of ikara colt, mystery meat and soulbossa) to add even more texture to their dense, pervading noise that doesn't betray their roots as a traditional rock band. with its screaming textures and the band's delicate twist on pop sensibilities, thriller looks to set the standard for uncompromising, unwielding creativity this year, drawing on their rich range of styles, influences and their history of resolutely doing their own thing.
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Part Chimp - Thriller

Review by Philip Bloomfield

Part Chimp they might be, but Thriller is one hundred percent prime rock and roll, that stands head and shoulders above the other knuckle dragging apes.»