Pitchfork

!!!'s prodigiously hyphenated genre exercises-- how does "electro-acoustic no-wave post-disco-funk" suit you?-- have always been audacious, if spotty. "Heart of Hearts", though, distills everything good about !!! (relentless propulsion, lean syncopation, and dynamic convulsions) into a mighty six-minute tsunami that cascades in perpetuity. Darkly glittering scraps of guitar and concussive noises gather before quickly bursting into a wiry disco pulse, arcing between chewy bass and smacking drums. The scatty, svelte vocals are all vapid dance-floor solidarity, fleshing out the glass-brick funk.

Having established an impregnable architecture, !!! get down to the fine details: A mean, circuit-bent-sounding squelch livens up the chorus; a panting refrain of "heart of" that suddenly sounds like a libidinous "harder"; a false ending and subsequent explosion of whooshing guitar trails and roars, pierced by simmering percussion and lockstep bass. High-wire tension, telegraphic urgency, twisting and braiding: This one's an unstoppable juggernaut.