"Iretsu's new album was written in four improvised sessions, but <em>Fang</em> isn't a quartet of burly, extended compositions. Rather, it's a string  of 14 brief, interconnected songs, which bear pop hooks over an  experimental foundation. Electric piano and guitar drive the majority of  the tracks, and Iretsu harness full-throttle rock on 'Humbuzzer,' with  slice-and-dice guitar riffs and a relentless drumbeat. Elsewhere, 'Sexy,  No?' flirts with a funk strut, 'Hey You' makes use of found dialogue by  a woman who sounds like Jane Fonda, and the title of 'Nuclear Whistles'  is more or less what it sounds like—high-pitched drones whooshing  before a guitar riff drives it into the following track, 'Waves.' Iretsu  has evolved capably over the past eight years, embracing a number of  guises. With <em>Fang</em>, they've made some of their most approachable  material yet, balancing it perfectly with some of the weirder shades in  their palette."

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