Absolutes

Eight songs that take apart rock music atom by atom so that you're left with just a skeleton of sound. Sightings still use the tools of the trade -- guitar, bass and drums -- to take both the rock and the roll out of rock 'n' roll. Reference weirdo deconstructo outfits like Einsturzende Neubauten, (mid-period) Black Dice, and Mainliner. This is the sound between the guitar strings, inside the bass amp, and within a drumstick. Yes, the truth. If punk rock used to mean fucking shit up and doing it your own way, this record erects a mile high middle finger facing the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.