Pitchfork

The rock'n'roll lifestyle takes its toll (oh man, tell me about it), but HEALTH keep themselves in upper-case shape with their frenetic, head-banging, percussion-brutalizing live shows. So the video for the Los Angeles band's "Triceratops", filmed at Brooklyn's Silent Barn, would suggest, anyway. Of the track, from the band's self-titled full-length debut, we previously wrote: "On 'Triceratops', Los Angeles noise-rock dudes HEALTH thrash out most of what we grew up to expect from Jurassic din: screeches, squawks, guitar growls, insect buzzes, and tribal drums. Some high-voiced cavemen appear to be there, too, chanting, but nobody said music has to be prehistorically accurate. Faster and smarter than scientists once imagined, the track lurches off in new directions several times over the course of about three minutes, with fuzzy musicianship recalling early Deerhoof or current Liars." We now know birds flew over the dinosaurs, but East Williamsburg music spaces only have to allow for so much paleontological verisimilitude.

[original track from HEALTH; out now on Lovepump United]