Couch Slut – Take A Chance On Rock N Roll LP

Gilead Media is pleased to once again work with one of America’s most sonically vicious bands.

Those familiar with Couch Slut’s relentless, sludging, noisy style will be pleased to find many of their favourite components of the band’s signature sound vividly present and pushed to an absolute extreme. Ripping guitars tear through riff after riff, following a punishing rhythm section that refuses to give you a moment’s respite. Scathing vocals suffocate any small sonic space left breathing within the songs. Couch Slut strip away all pretence and focus their power entirely on exploring new colours and moods within their writing, while somehow sacrificing none of their strength or energy. Even during tracks that move at a slower tempo, there remains an unimpeachable intensity that rivals any concept of traditional “heaviness” and renders it truly weak by comparison.

The band’s lyrical content continues to push the boundaries of the listener’s comfort, broaching themes of drug use, mental illness and trauma (all topics past listeners will find familiar in Couch Slut’s music), while also addressing issues of underage prostitution and domestic violence. The weight and importance of these topics are handled masterfully, truly forcing the listener to deeply evaluate a wide range of emotional responses by the end of the experience.

This album is not a casual listening experience by any stretch. It is an active experience. When you press play, you must be prepared to be affected. You will not simply listen to these songs — you will feel them deep within your gut. This is not background music. There is nothing passive about it.

Take A Chance on Rock n Roll was recorded and mixed at Strange Weather in Brooklyn by Ben Greenberg, and mastered at Telegraph Mastering by Adam Gonsalves.