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"This instrumental power trio from Austin jams with A-bomb quality, like ... Guru Guru shredding Jimi Hendrix's `Machine Gun' at half-speed." -- David Fricke, ROLLING STONE "Like Cream filtered through Sabbath, Tia Carrera pummeled the air with sound waves, riffs as thick as dictionaries, and reams of feedback ... the band moved from long stoner rock improvs to horrendous feedback and back again ... it was louder than God, vibrating palettes and ribcages throughout the club." -- HIGH BIAS "Like Jimi Hendrix jamming out with Dale Crover after smoking a big, fat spleef." -- AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN With this third offering, Tia Carrera depart slightly from the "press record and go" method of documentation that they employed on 2005's The November Session and 2003's 6-03-03 (Emperor Jones Records). On this untitled release, the band focuses on songs rather than twenty-minute jams. While still improvised to a large extent, these songs are shorter and structurally tighter. Mixing influences from Hendrix to Sabbath and the Melvins, Tia Carrera are a heavy metal band with soul and a jam band with balls.