Death Grips is in its own lane, and youll be hard pressed to find the soundan aggressive, provocative mix of punk, industrial, noise, and rapthe group champions from any other act on earth. Bottomless Pit, the groups 5th album, is a mindfuck, with Zach Hill and Stefan Burnett distorting the shit out of guitars and digital noise on top of speedy, blastbeat rhythms. Stefan Burnett AKA MC Rides cryptic, stream-of-consciousness rapping and vocalizing add an additional layer of complexity to the already chaotic sound soup, but within the chaos is coherence and clarity firmly rooted in hip-hop and punk (its weird but take multiple listens and you’ll hear/see). Only seeing the band will really complete the Death Grips experience, but until then, check out Giving Bad People Good Ideas, Spikes, BB Poison, Ring A Bell, 80808 and the title track.
- music label: Harvest 2016
reviewed by donut savage 08/2016
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