HEALTH
2020 REMASTER OF HEALTH (2007)
The self-titled debut by L.A. quartet HEALTH mixes the bombastic pound of Boredoms, the skewed structures of Deerhoof, and the tribal thump of Liars.
Spiritual, though not necessarily sonic, descendants of Deerhoof, L.A.'s Health wields pop-propelled jolts and a sense of experimental wonder that isn't afraid to dovetail innocence with menace. It's as tricky as it is rewarding to pick bits of greatness out of the band's self-titled debut; full of rattles of snare…
With an equal affinity for minimalism, repetition, relentlessness, and abrasive noise, HEALTH's self-titled debut opens with a distant drone that ever so slowly becomes audible, very likely to get the listener to turn up the volume searching for the song, then pummels the unsuspecting over the head with a blunt blast of keys and drums.
HEALTH's self-titled debut was a terse onslaught of noise. The shortest bits were hit-and-run squalls