The Mirror Explodes

on the eight songs of the mirror explodes, the bands signature amalgam of white light / white heat attack, space panoramas, fuzz, melancholy, and melody is present and potent. but there is vivid focus too. throbbing bass lines, distant rolling thunder drums, and zombie rattlesnake shake are a heartbeat of strange ominous vitality. guitars howl, slash and bounce like light. bobby hecksher's vocals sound oddly alone and unsettlingly intimate all at once. and just when you think you understand the sum of these sonic elements, they become something else entirely.