Philadelphia's finest noise merchants, Purling Hiss, are back. That's always a cause for celebration. Churning up and pumping out records that are equal parts rage, bile, strangled melody, Husker Du, Dinosaur Jr. and their own sweet selves since 2009. They don't show any sign of slowing down just yet and that's a great thing.
Devised initially as a project for former Birds of Maya guitarist Mike Polizze to express and amuse himself, they've gradually and organically become a quite spectacular mutation all of their own.This is their first new album for six years, but Polizze has certainly been extremely active in the meantime and anyhow, as soon as this starts playing it feels like they've never been away.
Latest album Drag on Girard is no attempt to reinvent their wheel. Thank god. In these ever changing times it's good to have some constants. It's all screeching guitars, early twenties mumbling hits from a bong in some imaginary summit between J. Mascis, Kurt Vile and Grant Hart. In an extremely messy room. What more could you honestly want
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