✦✦✧✧ QOTSA have done it again!

✦✦✦✧ Lo-Pan do a convincing imitation of Quicksand at their happiest. A raw and energetic EP of songs, if not entirely groundbreaking or habit-forming.

★★★☆ “Colossus” is a stripped-down but meaty affair, sharing as much in common with Baroness as it does with RATM, post-Layne AIC, the Jesus Lizard, and Stanford Prison Experiment. Everything works here in the band’s favor. The bass and guitars are forever locked in an effectively feral unison, the drums punctuate and drive without mercy, and Jeff Martin’s vocals soar over it all with a self-assured boldness.