Unsane: Occupational Hazard

The New York City noisecore band Unsane has undergone an awful lot of personal and professional turmoil in its 10-year history: Drummer Charlie Ondras died of a drug overdose a few years ago, the band had a minor MTV hit with "Scrape" in 1997, and despite moderate success, it has switched record labels at a remarkable pace in recent times, the most notable example being a comically failed deal with Atlantic. Of course, all these changes haven't stopped the members of Unsane from releasing the same dull, roaring slab of meat-headed noise over and over and over again, under slightly different titles and with slightly different blood-splattered crime-scene photos serving as album covers. Occupational Hazard doesn't even come close to deviating from that monotony, though the art—blood splattered at the foot of a bridge—may actually be less interesting than usual. As for the music, it just pummels, scrapes, shrieks, and pummels some more, for 39 of the most interchangeable minutes you'll ever endure. If that's your thing, knock yourself out.