Diet of Worms by The Shits

For fans of Melvins, The Stooges, Kvelertak, crust punk, and the surreal bad trip of endless, pointless violence, Diet of Worms by The Shits finds the psychedelic horror hidden at the core of all rock n roll, creating this expansive, sludgy sound to accompany our hopeless times. Rock n roll riffs repeat with meditative intensity, confining us to a singular moment of a typical song and distorting that instant to last an eternity. From here, dense layers of grime excavated from lived experience ratchet up the neuroticism, appearing in the form of metallic guitars, distant feedback, and lumbering tempos to present these familiar riffs in a horrifying light. Finally, the innermost impulses towards nihilistic despair which always animated rock n roll engulfs us entirely, showing us the type of unhinged artistic expression arises when all agency disappears. Music was always going to get here, just as our culture was also destined towards this dead end from its inception, and sooner or later you’ll find yourself here too.