These Monsters Heroic Dose Includes Two-page Insert " "The Contemporary Noise Ensemble

" "The Contemporary Noise Ensemble impresses with maturity and class

and an affinity for staying present in the dark corners of our minds

At its core beats a special kind of uncomplicated drum machine rhythm and the synthetic timbre of percussion that recalls fractured memories of minimal wave

Rock Bottom Rhapsody is ultimately far more uplifting and life-affirming than its title would suggest

These Monsters Heroic Dose Includes Two-page Insert " "The Contemporary Noise EnsembleHeroic Dose was the 2nd album from Leeds' These Monsters and the follow up to 2010's Call Me Dragon. Now a three piece their sound evolved from freaked out riff driven space prog force to a more grimy aggressive speed fuelled punk; the 6 minute, principally instrumental slabs of Sabbathesque riffage replaced with songs barely half that length that have more in common with other bands from the Leeds scene from which they emerged such as Pulled Apart By