Illinois Entertainer April 2015 | Page 24

LOCAL H Continued from page 22 weird it is.' And I don't think it's weird, but I know that certain things were chosen to get feelings across, or certain things were chosen for lyrics, and to fit in with themes. Whereas this record is, everything's just chosen for the immediate rush of the hook, and the rockness of whatever song's happening." Freed from one intensive focus, Hey, Killer recalls the early days of Local H, without sounding trapped in the past. From tense and gnarled opener "The Last Picture Show In Zion" to the menacing guitar assault of "The Misanth