Zach Hill - Portrait Study.

My Stupid Middle school self listened to death grips. 

 Now I'm Gay and artistically inept.  

First coming upon death grips was huge as a kid. Listening to guillotine was just extreme to a degree i never understood so well. later listening to the money store and powers that B was just life changing for my art direction. Any of those who have seen or heard the group in any aspect knows they are unlike anything else. even those who fans consider the successors of the death grips style still fall short in some ways. no beef to peggy. 

 

So Brutalist. It's sonic abuse. consider tracks like turned off where the song begins with a sulking ominous guitar droning and riffing. immediately smashing into a gritty distorted bass side chained allowing zach hills buck shot like percussion to sneak in with snare hits and Hi Hat catches. as the song starts with MC Ride rushing the bar "I'm Smoking Cigarettes in the shower when they get wet I just smoke another one". 

 It's Like The anger and Brutality of a Junkie was injected into a HP Desktop Tower 

But the Death Grips fandom is a bunch of fucking losers so lets talk about the real chad. Zach Hill. Percussionist for death grips. Zach's Solo projects and ongoing projects far out weigh both of his band mates. I am biased as a drummer of course I love zach. Especially His Astrological straits album. solo project from him it just shows all of his chops in a far more creative sounding production rather than death grips where production is far more gritty.

 The only thing holding it together is motifs formed by percussive like Composition 

Despite how technically proficient zach is he still steps out of time in order to fill space or deliver drum fills. It's pretty obvious zach does not play to a click and it just changed so much for me in the sense of timing and signature. this all culminates in the end with necromancer. a 30 min track with nothing but drums and piano. both being mashed and played at full energy for those 30 min. it almost seems like performance art. but for how skilled zach is. it almost acends that label into something far more special.