These cats have the auspicious honor of being the first non-Silentist release on Mark Burden's Celestial Gang label. They certainly fit though, with a

demented, psychedelic grindcore quality akin to the neo-classical avant-blast of Burden's Silentist project. Portland's The Better To See You With are a much

noisier deal though, blazing through twelve tracks in twelve minutes, a furious freaked out blast of devolved grindcore being tossed down the stairs and

filtered through contempo No Wave/Skin Graft sensibilities and a bunch of malfunctioning instruments. Condensed thrash assaults suddenly fall apart into

freeform amp noise/cable buzz improv jams, and barely any riff lacks a feedback tracer, the tinny guitars slicing air like razor wire while the singer wails

and howls, sometimes birthing a series of stoned chants. And yet there are hooks and raging riffs in the midst of all of this. Did I just hear a sax? Imagine

a napalm-blasted AIDS Wolf suddenly going grindcore, and you're close. Even the artwork on the gatefold CD jacket is completely acid damaged. Awesome damaged

hardcore/free/grind weirdness.