Things just haven't seemed as noisy on the indie rock front since Lightning Bolt's 2005 album Hypermagic Mountain. Speakers once again beg for mercy as the Rhode Island duo returns with another album full of pounding drums, heavily distorted bass riffs and screaming vocals after scrapping two full-length efforts in favor of the result that is Earthly Delights. As expected, some of the songs are epic and brutal, but half of the album comes in at under five minutes, which is as close to focusing on the art of composition that Lightning Bolt has ever been.

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