Rip This

Audio Mixer: Jacob Portrait.Recording information: Prairie Sun Studios, Cotati, CA (03/2014).Photographer: Bass Drum of Death.Bass Drum of Death's third full-length album, 2014's Rip This, is an unrelenting steamroller of fuzz-laden, deliriously boneheaded garage rock. Once again centered on the duo of John Barrett and Len Clark and featuring production from Jacob Portrait, Rip This is a shoot-from-the-hip collection of slacker anthems designed to do nothing more than kick ass and ruin your car's speakers. Ploddingly played, sneeringly delivered, and utterly lacking in musical ambition beyond four chords and an hearty "F@#$ You," Rip This is pretty much exactly what you want out of a punk-influenced hard rock album. There's a reassuring predictability to many of the tracks on Rip This that speaks to the heavy vintage influence of bands like the Stooges and MC5. Heavier in tone with a thicker guitar sound than the band's previous albums, cuts like the wild-eyed "Electric," the aptly tit