Blonde Redhead concocts furious rock anchored by carefully orchestrated chaos to create a sound that is part industrial opera and part performance art.
On "Luv Machine," Kazu Makino's anguished utterances punctuate a neoclassical passage graced with solid drumwork. "10" comes off like a social protest through the dual guitars of Amedeo Pace and Makino, alternately weaving beautiful soundscapes and terrifying dissonance as she screams, Why be artistic/ look at me/ to be linguistic/ to be domestic. A fat break beat anchors the otherworldly rock of "Missile," and "Futurism Vs. Passeism Part 2" grinds along in a crunchy double-time waltz.
In declaring their inability to accurately convey their feelings, Blonde Redhead succeeds in producing an album that is as therapeutic as it is entertaining.
