Todd - Comes to Your House...

Since it is Monday, I think it might be a good idea to start the week off with a record that will undoubtedly beat your ass every which way and get all of you moving. That’s where Todd comes in, no Todd is not a friend or even a person for that matter, it’s the band that was started by Craig Clouse after Hammerhead disbanded. Comes to Your House is the second record from the band and was released in April on Southern Records.

With Clouse’s involvement, it’s probably already assumed by most that this is going to be something that falls in the “loud and noisy” category. Well, that assumption would be correct. However, this is no Hammerhead or AmRep retread, the beast that calls itself Todd is a completely new affair. After the odd and slightly creepy intro of “Salty Old Queen”, the squeals and blasts of distortion begin their assault and from that point it basically doesn’t let up. That’s hardly the selling point of this album though. Todd does do a hell of a job in making this record incredibly difficult to pin down. There is a good portion of the sound on Comes to Your House that does share itself a bit with other industrial noise makers like Big Black, Slug, and Cop Shoot Cop. However, Todd takes it up a notch and pushes it up to level that gives it a much more violent and psychotic sound. Unsurprisingly the one track that probably best fits that description is "The Knife Whisperer", which features guest vocals from Oxbow’s Eugene Robinson. It also ends up being one of the highlights for me off the album.

Todd – A Killer Grows [MP3]
Todd – The Knife Whisperer (feat. Eugene Robinson) [MP3]
Todd – Comes to Your House [MP3]

This was released way back in April, so I am a bit late on this. However, you can pick this up, along with any of their other releases too, through Southern.