I was familiar with Chase’s work with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Aaron’s work in Chrome Cranks, so I was interested to see how it all came together. Duos often run the risk of sounding too stripped down, so let’s see what happens when you throw Brian Chase on drums and Peter Aaron on guitar. From the opening track this duo comes out swinging. “Purge 1” is noisy as hell and a good time. Hard to believe that this much racket is coming from two people. “Rolling” keeps it noisy. High pitched noise and feedback in full effect. Eventually the drums come in and like the first purge, it keeps up with the noise. Purge 2 brings back the freewheeling improvisation with the guitar and drums both trying to solo for different songs at the same time. On “Space,” drums takes center stage here, with the guitar providing more of a wavering whine that gets more intense as the track progresses, like listening to Buddy Rich in a hornet’s nest. “Purge 3” lays down more of the raw improvisation that I am really enjoying. “Delay” uses its namesake to create an intense wall of sound. If you like it noisy, these guys deliver in this track. “Purge 4” gives us machine gun drums over guitar feedback. On “Swirl,” they take turns sharing the spotlight as Chase beats the hell out of the drums, and then steps aside for Aaron on guitar, before they both decide to unload with both barrels together before slowing down to something almost resembling calm, if it weren’t for the feedback. “Purge 5” almost sounds like a 4-track demo tape of a punk band trying out a new song. Overall, this was fantastic. I give it a rating of “hell yeah,” and highly recommend this. I would go see this duo perform live because I would guess that it would be intense. This is serious improvisation, and Chase and Aaron have fissured out how to make this work while sounding like complete chaos. Well done. This album weighs in at around 23 minutes.