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"Spectacular ... Clipd Beaks glimmer in their highly futuristic hybridization of glossy modern rock." -- Skyscraper "Profoundly psychedelic ... makes you feel grateful just for being alive." -- XLR8R "Supermax-tight monolith monsters of psychedelia." -- L.A. Weekly "Dark and noisy and messy. Which is cool, if you like strange shit." -- Vice "Groovy ... abrasive with the synthesizers. It's like, if you can't see the direct lines between This Heat and DJ Screw, then maybe you need to do a little more homework." --The Fader The creation of Hoarse Lords began in the summer of 2005, when Clipd Beaks relocated from Minnesota to Oakland. Influenced by hobo culture, the drugged-up hyphy sounds currently dominating Bay Area airwaves, and underground "Neu San Francisco" warehouse parties where techno bangers fade into tribal noise jams, everything on Hoarse Lords is turned up to 11. Harsh and distorted, it's a fitting new sound for a band that references "clipping" in their name, and feels every bit as sick and violent as a severed, bleeding beak. On Hoarse Lords, the band sounds like it's pushing itself further and further into some unknown and terrifying black hole. Song titles like "Melter," "Wrathscapes," and "We Will Bomb You" set the scene: these are the end times, and Clipd Beaks is right there with you, banging drums in a tornado. As the album builds to a ferocious conclusion, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and a feeling of peace beyond the point of pain. We can't escape, so we submit, and are consumed.