Part Chimp - Cup

On their last album I am Come the band Part Chimp made their presence known, or maybe better known, in the world of underground noise-rock. How’d they do it? Well, the only way I am assuming they know how to, and that is by rocking in such a forceful manner that everyone huddled around a set a speakers or standing in some darkly lit club will definitely notice by the end of the night. Part Chimp do more than just make endless amounts of noise with their beaten and broken instruments. They do it with a sort of passion and fury that continues to make this sort of music worth coming back to over and over again. Playing at excruciatingly high levels of volume, these guys just don’t quit. If something breaks, fuck it…the show must go on and Part Chimp isn’t one to care about how pretty it sounds anyway, just at how loud they can play. And for that, I respect them mightily. Their sound is so full of low end heavy fuzz that bowels will suffer if you stand too close. Beware, they are LOUD.

With that said, after ripping apart the US on their last tour, Monitor Records is making it up to all of those out there that suffered any sort of head trauma or hearing loss by…well…releasing a new compilation album that may take your mind off the pain for a little over forty minutes, but sure as hell isn’t going to help your hearing loss. So scratch that idea. Regardless, this new compilation entitled Cup is full of rarities, b-sides, and unreleased material that will hopefully hold folks over until the band releases their next album. The comp also features a couple music videos for the songs “War Machine” and “New Cross”, the video for “War Machine” is particularly entertaining along with being a tad bit weird. They are definitely worth viewing. Monitor has included the whole New Cross single on here too, which is some great material and a nice added bonus to those who don’t own it.

For those out there that hasn’t had a chance to check out Part Chimp yet, then do so. Part Chimp’s music is so full of absolute raw energy that it just can’t be passed up. Anyone that enjoys their rock played with the needle constantly in the red needs to know this band.

Part Chimp – New Cross [MP3]

Cup will be released through Monitor on April 24th. Definitely put this on the “to buy” list, especially if any of their previous albums receive plenty of spins in your CD player.