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Artist:	HEY COLOSSUS
Title:	RRR
Label:	RIOT SEASON (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	REPOSE 029CD

RRR is the seventh album for Hey Colossus, and the third for Riot Season. This album follows the Eurogrumble Vol.1 LP, which received broad acclaim as well as landing in some end-of-year lists also (notably in Rock A Rolla magazine top 50 of the year). The band formed in 2003 as a five-piece, based in London. Eight years on (and with line-up changes reminiscent of The Fall) they are now a seven-piece based in London and Somerset (though nine people perform on the album). RRR was recorded through the winter of '10-'11 in Dropout, South London, home to analog tape and all things loud. Mixed by DrumCunt and Basspuppy, mastered by Hamilton Industries (Part Chimp's tub thumper). RRR is definitely more varied than previous Colossus records and it explores more subdued, quieter passages. Such moments of calm are not the only varied thing about the new record, Hey Colossus also explore the swooping filmic sounds akin to many a film score -- think along the lines of Taxi Driver and Spaghetti Westerns. Some Krautrock-esque mantras also come into the fold, combined with a Nurse With Wound/DNA influence. Alongside this, "The Drang" keeps up the one-riff, one tune-like Sabbath done through NEU! that HC are hard for. There is a choice Berlusconi baiting, Can-inspired clang-a-thon "I Am Bunga Bunga," with a rant that is buried but audible. The result of all of these amalgamating sounds is a Hey Colossus album unlike any other, out with the old and in with the new. RRR is the perfect soundtrack for the spring and summer months, assuming you like the idea of the Butthole Surfers manning the BBQ, Faust cleaning out the pool, and GG Allin manning the bar.

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