PHTV - s/t EP

Pig Heart Transplant manipulates elements of a recording by Bay Area HC outfit Vacuum. So you still get the hardcore – and on one track, something resembling the band itself, blowing out the walls of a small studio. Elsewhere it’s just vocal tracks, manipulated to sound like concussion bombing, or the instruments jumbled up and pushed through a series of filters and effects until it’s unintelligible. I go for the weird records in the genre when I can because sometimes hardcore at this stage of the game is just boring, and no amount of energy can push it back in. Even little tweaks to the nervous system like this one can be exciting, and it makes me a little happier that a band in a somewhat aligned genre could handle this sort of reorganization of its sound. That said, it’s a short record and probably of limited interest, but most people have already beaten you to the punch by now, so get it while you still can. Make this your last purchase before the economy collapses.