Okay, from the Discipline PR sheet genre categories (post hardcore, math rock) I wasn't even going to review this album, but gave it a listen anyway because promo agencies often aren't accurate in their descriptions. From the first time through I'm finding this much more in the vein of avant garde rock than anything else. With seven albums to their credit, two of them recorded with Steve Albini, two participations in the All Tomorrow’s Parties UK festival (2002 and 2012 editions), 3 tours in the US together with bands such as June of 44, Shellac, Shipping News and several European tours, broadcasted by John Peel on BBC Radio One on their debut, surely Bologna, Italy's Three Second Kiss are a fairly well-known entity, just not to me. This trio consists of Sergio Carlini - guitar; Massimo Mosca - bass & vocals; Sacha Tilotta - drums. Nothing typical about the music of the typical rock trio instrumentation though. I haven't heard their other albums (this is the newest one in twelve years) but musically 'From Fire I Save The Flame' seems to have a lot more in common with Captain Beefheart's Magic Band, Tomahawk and dare I say it, latter-day King Crimson than bands such as Fugazi, Bitch Magnet, or a host of others they get compared to. (Mr. Bungle might be on target though.) Yes, there is definitely a math rock element in some of the odd time signatures and segment phrasing, but these guys don't conform to any real convention. Between Sergio's chaotic, yet weirdly measured guitar style, and Massimo sounding like a young Iggy Pop, this crazy clown car of a band often goes off the rails only to jump back on track and steamroll all musical sensibilities. Lyrically, I'm hearing a bit of Mike Patton, but there is really no concession to anything commercial or pop here. There are some surprises though - two different brief "Intermissions" (N1 & N2) are completely instrumental and radically different from anything else on the album, the first proggy and piano-based, the second, more guitar-ambient. There are a couple of tracks I wouldn't rate above filler - "Letter For Hurtville" and "Fuss" just didn't cut the mustard for me. There is enough good material on 'From Fire I Save The Flame' to make it worth investigating, and being released in all available formats (LP, CD, Cassette, Digital) gives you every reason to purchase it.