Before What Burns Never Returns, there was Don Caballero 2. Less twinkly and much, much more manic, this sometimes sounds like the guitars are determining the rhythm while the drums freely solo the shit out of its 32 snares and 46 hi-hats. This is their most dissonant and aggressive release, bordering on the obtuse with its 9-minutes "songs" and shifting time signatures. At its peak, this also contains the band's most impressive material, such as "Please Tokio, Please This Is Tokio", but even those moments of grandeur remain resolutely confrontational - again, "Please Tokio, Please This Is Tokio" and its six-minutes long feedback. So, if you're more on the twinkles side of math, go check What Burns Never Returns. If you're a tough motherfucker, this is the one for you.
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