Audit In Progress

Rating

Album: Audit In Progress
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Braintrust	More Info...	0:02
2)	Hi-lites	More Info...	0:02
3)	Retrofit	More Info...	0:03
4)	Kreative Kontrol	More Info...	0:02
5)	Think About Carbs	More Info...	0:02
6)	Audit in Progress	More Info...	0:02
7)	Hatchet Job	More Info...	0:03
8)	This Mystic Decade	More Info...	0:03
9)	Lovebirds	More Info...	0:03
10)	Reflex	More Info...	0:03
11)	Hair and DNA	More Info...	0:02
12)	Plenty for All	More Info...	0:03

Album: Audit In Progress
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Braintrust	More Info...	0:02
2)	Hi-lites	More Info...	0:02
3)	Retrofit	More Info...	0:03
4)	Kreative Kontrol	More Info...	0:02
5)	Think About Carbs	More Info...	0:02
6)	Audit in Progress	More Info...	0:02
7)	Hatchet Job	More Info...	0:03
8)	This Mystic Decade	More Info...	0:03
9)	Lovebirds	More Info...	0:03
10)	Reflex	More Info...	0:03
11)	Hair and DNA	More Info...	0:02
12)	Plenty for All	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

Audio Mixer: Ben Moore.
Recording information: Big Fish; Drag Racist.
The third and final studio outing by San Diego's Hot Snakes, 2004's AUDIT IN PROGRESS, is the first to feature Mario Rubalcaba (formerly of Sea of Tombs) on drums. The change, if anything, intensifies the band's brute punk rock force, which hits harder than ever here, as on the throbbing opening triumvirate "Braintrust," "Hi-Lites," and "Retrofit." Guitarist John Reis--on what would prove permanent hiatus from main project Rocket from the Crypt--and singer Rick Froberg are in rare, breathless form throughout. If the Snakes' debut, AUTOMATIC MIDNIGHT, boasts more instant classics, AUDIT IN PROGRESS almost makes up the difference in sweat.

Professional Reviews

Spin (p.118) - "[They] combine gracefully muscled hooks and the tastefully clenched guitar roar of their former band, Drive Like Jehu." - Grade: A

Uncut (p.118) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[A]nother keeper from these snarky punk auteurs."

Alternative Press (p.158) - "With the band's quivering sense of urgency, topped by arresting, calamitous accents, this is one audit that'll throw even the IRS into a panic." - 4 out of 5

Mojo (Publisher) (p.110) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[T]his remains the fantasy offspring of Black Flag and Wire, playing pop songs....This Hot Snakes opus is the existential slam-dance soundtrack of the year."