The Devil Isn't Red

This California duo speaks a unique musical language of suspense and order, chaos and function. These are blistering and lush compositions. Interlocking riffs and drum patterns have a dark metallic edge, but with blasts of melodic drive and bits of electronic hiss. They play as fast as jazzbos like John McLaughlin, and they can bash it like mid-70s-era King Crimson, but Hella definitely have their own sound. A pummeling assault from the new masters of noise, the duo deliver a fully baked batch of deftly original instrumentals, offering listeners the challenge of finding the method to their madness.