Audit in Progress

Hot Snakes - Audit in Progress
Critic Score
Based on 9 reviews
2004 Ratings: #37 / 458
User Score
Based on 43 ratings
2004 Rank: #77
Liked by 14 people
October 5, 2004 / Release Date
LP / Format
Swami, Sub Pop / Label
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Doublez
86

« Audit in Progress » has all the right ingredients, but doesn't pretend to be a savior - it's just a middle finger to society, and it feels great

- Episode 8 – No Sleep On This

If the name Hot Snakes speaks only to purists of the Post-Hardcore movement, this band is a sort of second life for Drive Like Jehu, since the two guitarists and singers John Reis / Rick Froberg (RIP) founded it in 1999, along with bassist Gar Wood and drummer Jason Kourkounis. And if you're not ... read more

KoreanAcidHouse
79

Thursday is for Throwbacks #4

I'm committing to review an album that was released before I started rating albums, but is still brand new to me, every Thursday.

This is an album I somehow avoided. One that I instantly recognised the cover art from Last.fm & Yahoo! music recommendations from back in the day. An album that was so often frequently presented to me by algorithms which I still never bothered to listened to. I thought maybe once I put it on I'd hear a familiar track or at least a ... read more

EntryIncomplete
61

This didn't jell with me like the other two records did, and I don't really know why. Perhaps it's the songwriting, which had gradually become more and more simplistic and easy yo shout along to, anthem style. I guess the record feels bland, like I've heard other bands pull off this sound, only better.

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Track List

  1. Braintrust
  2. Hi-Lites
  3. Retrofit
  4. Kreative Kontrol
  5. Think About Carbs
  6. Audit in Progress
  7. Hatchet Job
  8. This Mystic Decade
  9. Lovebirds
  10. Reflex
  11. Hair and DNA
  12. Plenty for All
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Added on: December 3, 2013