The Hunches - Exit Dreams

The Hunches are Portlands finest purveyors of cacophonous garage,delivering ragged-edged rock n roll with such devastating hiddenmelody, one is left wondering how the band crammed such pop intothe noise cavalcades. Having released two previous full-lengths, TheHunches are back with Exit Dreams, their third (and possibly final)album that captures their fiery live form on wax once more.Its a veritable melee of vicious guitar savagery and lo-fi freak-outfugginess, the perfect follow-up to Hobo Sunrisea raging riot of analbum that leaves ringing ears, bloody mouths, and shot-to-shit synapsessizzling with amplified excess.Not that Exit Dreams is a one-dimensional thrill. Theres muchmore to The Hunches than simple shock bombast. Over the course oftwelve tracks, the outfit navigates styles known to explorers of underthe-radar rock, each time twisting the tried-and-true into forms bestfittingtheir singular focus. Few bands of the past decade can claim to be true garage band...the hunches take that genre and blast it into real scuzzville...one of the best live bands of recent times, elements of real danger thrive amongst these tunes, but also incredible nuggets (natch) of pop and melody...this wil lbe one of the best lps of 2009, without a doubt, kaiser chiefs? blur? hold steady? YAWWWWWWWNNNNNN!!! invoking the the same demons as the Psychedelic Stooges, Electric Eels, Rocket From The Tombs, Velvets, Cro-Magnon, and conjuring a truly amazing wreck. so, farewell Hunches, you served us well....Hurtles between cleaver-wieldingpunk tantrums and droney Phil Spectoresqueballads..

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