����� A primo thrashjazz anxiety attack from a couple years ago that we just stumbled upon, this collaboration brings the intensity in a big way. As I learned the hard way, this one is not recommended listening while in the midst of a hangover. But if you've got the fortitude, this absolutely scorching session of extreme improv is a real goddamn blast. As one of the most aggressive things that came out on Weasel Walter's ugEXPLODE imprint, this 2012 disc from the NYC power-trio was definitely one of my favorites.

����� It's made up of two side-long pieces, "Porxen/Proxen" and "Gedra", both filled with ferocious, high-energy improvisational playing from these guys. If you've been following the New York avant-noise-rock/hardcore jazz scene of recent years, you're no doubt familiar with at least a couple of 'em: there's guitarist Mick Barr (of Krallice, Orthrelm, Crom-Tech, Flying Luttenbachers and a dozen other bands you can find in my collection) shredding his fists off almost non-stop, sending volleys of superfast noodling and atonal melody spiraling out over the rambunctious din whipped up by drummer Kevin Shea (Coptic Light, Storm And Stress, Talibam!) and bassist Tim Dahl (from noise rockers Child Abuse). The general vibe isn't too far removed from some of the other improv-heavy projects that Barr has been involved with in the past, but it buries the needle in the red more than most. The trio is firing on all cylinders on this disc; while the overall strategy is along the same lines as the high-velocity jazz-rock of Last Exit and the like, Barr Shea Dahl ultimately appeals to the same deranged impulses firing off in my skull as classic noisecore, or early Painkiller, or Hijokaidan, emitting a relentless squall of violent, exploratory chaos. Clattery percussive pandemonium and rumbling low-end splatter collides with chirping, whirring noise and that hyperactive metallic guitar-shred, racing up and down the fretboard in a constant blur that sometimes shifts into Sonny Sharrock-style sheets of guitar noise. For huge chunks of this performance, the energy and attack resembles Last Exit distilled into something even more primal and violent. There are few respites, the trio only rarely slipping into something like the looping, repetitious racket of "Porxen/Proxen" that enters into an almost krautrock-esque pulse. Otherwise, it's total creation through destruction.