It's a one sided record and it's an eye-popping art object but most importantly it's a new slab of psychedelic hardcore thuggery from The Catalyst, the Richmond band that has been blowing me away with their awesome mix of early Sub Pop sonics and thrashy tripped-out hardcore ever since their Hospital Visit EP first slugged my ears. Marianas Trench follows up their split LP with Mass Movement Of The Moth and features four new jams on the a-side, "This Bike Is A Gravity Bong", "Kyle Vs. Robocop", "Proceed With Caution", and "Attention Defecit Distortion". Harsh screamed vocals, deep death metal roars, manic mathy hardcore riffing and sludgy detuned dirge, way-catchy pop riffs and trippy psych guitar shredding. A thunderous conglom of early Nirvana and Karp and Melvins, Screaming Trees and ferociously crusty thrash and Mudhoney, brooding post-hardcore instrumental passages and super adrenalized n' bludgeoning noise rock. Psychedelic and crushing, insa

nely catchy and noisy, and one of my favorite bands around.

Limited edition of 700 copies, and pressed on clear vinyl with awesome psychedelic art silkscreened in blue ink on the b-side, featuring images and drawings of all kinds of deep sea life, and presented in a vivdly illustrated full color jacket.