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• Artist: Heston Rifle
• Album: 20 Strings EP
• Label: Inner-flight
• Year of Release: 2001
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• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2003-03-30

This new five piece noise rock band from New York is about to create a scene. Not the scene you would see at a party where a boy is confronted by his ex-girlfriend but the kind of scene you see where other indie labels will be trying to scoop up this band. There are some down moments on 20 Strings but for the most part Heston Rifle is a band that has lived and learned from other bands such as Shellac and Paul Newman. Having done this, the band is in good shape for its full length album, which is to be expected later this year. Heston Rifle is the kind of band that likes to sneak up on you and tear your head off. Take the third track entitled simply “Quad� where it has some old Irish guy ranting in the background and the band slowly comes in and then they kick it hard. This is the point you have lost your head. They occasionally have vocals but rarely do they actually need them. They are a powerful band and the thing that makes them unique is the fact that they have a violinist in the band. I see a bright future for Heston Rifle.

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