Swami has released more information about the follow up to Suicide Invoice which is due out October 5th. The upcoming Hot Snakes record, Audit in Progress promises to be: "more creative sonically" and for vocals more "resembling […] Drive Like Jehu." The band is headed out on tour, as we mentioned earlier.
HOT SNAKES latest offering is currently at the plant and getting pressed up for an October 5th release.  The record is called Audit In Progress  and will be available on CD and red vinyl LP.  It is the first recordings with new drummer Mario Rubalcaba. Those familiar with Mario have seen him over the years with Rocket from the Crypt, Black Heart Procession, Clikitat Ikatowi and Sea Of Tombs amongst others.  Mario's highly stylized tomahawk propulsion beats and velocity enriched pounding serves as the perfect backbone for the Hot Snakes new improved sooooper sinister sound.
Audit In Progress is obviously more intensified than the first Hot Snakes offering (Automatic Midnight) and is more creative sonically than the last (Suicide Invoice). Â Rick's vocals really let loose with a strained, pissed confidence that somewhat resembles his earlier howling with Drive Like Jehu. John's relentless guitar hammering remains full of dissonance and subtle tonal nuggetry and is informed by Asian and Turkish psychedelic blues. Gar Wood's continued development as a crucial figure in the band is cemented by the addition of bass guitar to almost every track as well as his conceptual recording techniques. Mario is widely regarded as one of the fiercest trap kit players on the West Coast and for once he has been captured in a most flattering light.
The sub sonics of past work has been reintroduced with speaker blowing defiance. To blast it is to love it. Audit In Progress comes wrapped in a beautiful designed sleeve by Rick. Â His art further defines what Hot Snakes are about and sets the band apart from the pablum puking pack. The band recorded with Ben Moore (who worked with the band on the first two albums) as well as recording some of it on their own at world renown (and recently shut down) Drag Racist Studios, San Diego. Hot Snakes have quite a lot of activity booked for the upcoming months and are starting everything off with a West Coast/East Coast warm up tour to kick off on Sept. 30. They are confirmed for a Peel session on Oct. 14th and plan to tour through Summer of 05. Â
Audit In Progress track listing:
- Braintrust
- Hi-Lites
- Retrofit
- Kreative Kontrol
- Think About Carbs
- Audit In Progress
- Hatchet Job
- This Mystic Decade
- Lovebirds
- Reflex
- Hair ad DNA
- Plenty For All