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Technically considered “noise rock,” Aids Wolf is much more “noise,“ and much less “rock.” This foursome from Montreal seems to strive for something different, but is ultimately way too bizarre for their own good. The Lovvers LP is strange, uncoordinated, and honestly sounds like nothing but noise. The vocalist, Chloe Lum‘s, shrill screams are hard on the ears and leaves you with an uneasy stomach. The guitars, which play no chords I’ve ever heard before, complete the chaos that Aids Wolf tries so desperately to make. Their music has no direction, no purpose, and no talent. The band themselves has described their sound own sound as “that of a squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag.” Maybe all of this would make more sense on drugs...