CASUAL HEX - Zig Zag Lady Illusion LP boogie the album opens with a

the album opens with a galling instrumental that somehow serves as a nose-thumbing dissection of modern-day punk tropes

When a hazy dusk was falling over Canoga Park

At that time I was feeling—more acutely than I had ever felt before—wrenched apart by my responsibilities to my family and to my music

Annie Anxiety managed to assemble members of Crass

the instability around the recording of "Wooden Head" (and the five years before) had slid into a deep and seething acrimony

CASUAL HEX - Zig Zag Lady Illusion LP boogie the album opens with aHighly recommended. CASUAL HEX is a three piece formed in Seattle in 2015. Drawing influence from a variety of genres (post punk, no wave, noise rock), the band relies on the contrast of heavy, catchy, minimal, and dissonant. Its difficult to draw a direct lineage, but flashes of A Frames, Pylon, The Contortions or early Sonic Youth come to mind. ERICA's voice is a commanding narration, stern in delivery. Lyrical content is heady and cryptic,