The front-man of Triple Hex, Dave Hex, has an unsettling vocal style that makes him sound as if he's snaking his hand slowly down his pants, as he records. Hex's lyrics are delivered with a low baritone register, so low that it sounds as if he is about falter. The result is a sultry delivery half Nick Cave, half Lux Interior.
Hex also plays a mean guitar. Like the vocals, the lead playing is also split into two tendencies: either a sauntering, bluesy funk or a droning, doomy punk. Despite the darkness, the record, on the whole, has a vintage, first-wave garage rock feel to it that is only enhanced by the warbling organ. Track one, "Winter", also contains a plunked, repeated, guitar note that sounds suspiciously similar to the single-note piano riff played by John Cale on the Stooges' garage/proto-punk classic, "I Wanna Be Your Dog".
"Love Song" is extremely entertaining in its crassness. When Hex rumbles, "I don't wanna love song- I just wanna fuck" it kind of sums up the mood of the whole EP: pure ego and sleaze. "Viking Funeral" does this too, as the dead viking in question summarizes his picaresque life and how much of a badass he once was.
Hex's latest is stylish, catchy and really dirty. It's hard to believe they've been around since 2006 with such little recognition. The EP was released on January 1st.
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