Project: Venhell - I Feel Back What They're Looking At Me For

You've undoubtedly been subject to the elements comprising Aberdonian quartet Project: Venhell many times before, but never in this kind of blender. As erratic as a hyperactive chimp on crack, opener Pfft to Your Rules is a two fingered salute blurring blazing guitars with blood curdling howls and sporadic poppy undertones. This sets the scene for a snappy tornado-like debut, which, at just over 18 minutes long, is nearly over by the time the kettle's boiled. Sonic Youth are over for a brew, as are Oxes, and The Fucking Champs brought the Jammie Dodgers, but let's not attempt any futile pigeonholing here. As vocalist Hines offers with his strangled vocal "they'll think we're just making this shit up as we go along", during Too Metal, there's a smirking self-awareness at play. They've not so much said Pfft to the rulebook as stolen our means to navigate it for a little while, and there's no harm in that at all. [Dave Kerr]