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HEALTH
Dinosaurs always look and sound cool, probably because we have no idea what they actually looked or sounded like. On "Triceratops", Los Angeles noise-rock dudes HEALTH thrash out most of what we grew up to expect from Jurassic din: screeches, squawks, guitar growls, insect buzzes, and tribal drums. Some high-voiced cavemen appear to be there, too, chanting but nobody said music has to be prehistorically accurate. Faster and smarter than scientists once imagined, the track lurches off in new directions several times over the course of about three minutes, with fuzzy musicianship recalling early Deerhoof or current Liars. Montreal's CFCF has also done a remix of "Triceratops" that hovers between Italo's dreamy cheese and the quasi-anthemic synths of vintage Nintendo games like "Excite Bike" or the jogging scene in "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!". But the original is a three-horned beast with four legs mired in primordial ooze. - PITCHFORK MEDIA
