You might think that
The Kansas City Star is hiring when you see a few of the names on this bill. Instead, you get the latest incarnation of the heralded Relapse Contamination Tour. Ottawa four-piece
Fuck the Facts plays some of the freshest, most engaging, most
fun grind out there. Despite the band's kitchen-sink approach to influences, the music changes gears at breakneck speed without getting disjointed or wearing you out with the same tiresome, herky-jerky angle that its peers have ground into the, um, ground. The band shifts tempos gracefully, and its complementary off-time grooves do more than simply add clutter. Fuck the Facts represents more than just another hyperactive, slightly disturbed exercise in mathematical OCD. It's brutal, uncompromising grind that also happens to be catchy enough to play at parties without scaring off the thrift-store-sweater set. Meanwhile,
Facedowninshit's joyless, creeping plod and
Unearthly Trance's more meditative grind provide excellent counterpoint. A night of facts, trance
and shit!
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