Timely issue from this label that have been doing a good job of documenting the past and future sound of Texas: for a group as, uh, notorious and long-serving as Rusted Shut their lack of any kind of international profile would be kinda puzzling if it wasn't for their in-built auto-destruct mechanism, their uncompromising approach to their art and their almost impenetrably weird combination of behemoth riffs, psychedelic F/X and mind-phasing production. Hot Sex is only their 3rd release in 22 years and comes from 1997 sessions cut by what many people consider this group's finest line-up, just before the notorious Rehab sessions. These guys have actually been around since 1986 in Houston, Texas (where the fuck else?) and have gathered fans and devotees that include Wolf Eyes (Nate Young released a lathe-cut by them on AA Records) and Tom and Christina Carter. Their lives shows are legendarily chaotic, with tales of actual physical fights on stage, drunk beyond belief, ear-crippling volume and endless monochord riffs. The sound on this four track 33rpm EP (35+ mins) is uniquely confusing, with live jams that cross the torrents of contemporary Whitehouse with a production style that make em sound like they are phasing in and out of separate space/time continuums, pounding riffs that take The Stooges as far as the most fanatical Billy Bao sides, hardcore/doom vox, Dead C style breakdowns and a totally fucked up, sociopathic psychedelia that is only really comparable to fellow Lone Star schlocktroopers The Butthole Surfers. If you dug the No Fucker EPs but yr more into hallucinogens than amphetamines then this could be your brand of brain erasure. Seen these guys compared to Brainbombs a lot and while there's a similarly wretched misanthropic streak that runs through the music, these guys are a hell of a lot weirder. The first track in particular, "Woman", takes several spins before it even begins to make sense. This is a gre at, unique psychedelic hardcore record, and the whole package just looks fantastic. Love it. Edition of 500 copies. Highly recommended.