V/A - Top Notch - Hits From The Hive

This is Missoulas first exclusive, entirely vinyl compilation! Features EX-COCAINE (Siltbreeze, Not Not Fun, Killertree), POOR SCHOOL (Ecstatic Peace, Killertree, etc.), VOLUMEN (Wantage),JOHNNY APPLE (ex OBLIO JOES), and a pile of excellent, touring newcomers: CHIN UP MERIWETHER!, RAZZMTAZZ, DUEL, CABINET OF NATURAL CURIOSITIES, THE HILLS BROS, TRAVIS SEHORN & PEBBLE LIGHT, TWO YEAR TOUQE, EYES LIKE CANDY and RIDDILIN QUE. Top Notch! is an excellent example of the weirdo/punk/hippie amalgam that defines western Montanas independent music. NIKI hand-picked the gems that make this thing up, then hand silk-screened the covers (which features artist WALLY CATTONs psychedelic artwork). This comp rolls seamlessly from free-jazz locked-grooves, to Oneida-like space pummeling, back over to some of the New Weird" stuff and back to thoroughly sticky, excellent pop and even some thuggy psychedelia. Hand-numbered edition of 312 copies on colored vinyl." -Wantage USA