Ladrón CD

The fourth album from TOTIMOSHI, Ladron is a complete and focused body of work that has all of the elements that make this Oakland, CA based trio so enigmatic: slabs of crushing metered riffing and joyously ecstatic sludge oozing from the band's instruments, sunbaked vocal harmonies and flourishes of pure pop melodicism, bursts of old-school heavy metal energy, shadows of dusty blues and western music, riff-tastic instrumental rave-ups, squalls of immolating guitar noise, and smoldering post-punk dynamics clad in serious heaviness. TOTIMOSHI's distinctively elephantine rock grips the listener in the power of the big riff and saw-toothed hooks as it reconciles MELVINS/HIGH ON FIRE/KARP crush with pop and psychedelia, bolstered by powerful production courtesy of HELMET's Page Hamilton. Originally released on Crucial Blast. Volcom Entertainment imprint.