Review: Heavy Heavy Low Low - "Hospital Bomber"
If you’re like me, you probably discredited Heavy Heavy Low Low long ago despite never hearing them due to their questionable name and association with the often unreliable Ferret Records. But whether or not their prior material is worth any attention is currently moot, as the spastic hardcore clusterfuck of Hospital Bomber is not only worthy, but demanding of said attention. 18-second opener “Je Suis Ame Solitaire” serves as a proper introduction for the unpredictable and brash four-song EP. Equal parts noisecore, hardcore, post-hardcore, metalcore and some type of jazzcore, Heavy Heavy Low Low ricochets an emotional pinball from violent outbursts to discordant, psychedelic moments of mellow. ”Customary Input” opens calmly before a near-instantaneous barrage of angular buzzsaw riffs and a rhythm that quickly moves from revolvers to machine guns to shotguns. The dizzying track cycles through at least eight movements in its 1:38 of length before launching into the heavy (heavy, low, low...