The Swami ordered, "Make me/it harder and make it better...yeah, and keep it perky," and so be it. Hot Snakes are diligent punk slaves and went to work mining acid blues and pumped-up indigenous beats. The result: "Audit in Progress," which elaborates on their previous downstroked rhythms and subsonic pulses and splays more heated piss than ever. Mario Rubalcaba joins on drums and adds a feverish propulsion to the molten murk. No squids allowed!