The trio has also felt its fair share of celebrity love - they recently opened for Andrew WK, where one imagines it might almost have been worth sitting through the show just to see the looks of puzzled dismay on the faces of the frat boy contingent of Andrew WK fans during the opening strains of "Stabbed in the Face."

There are also rumors that Wolf Eyes were hand picked by Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore to play the ill-fated Lolapalooza tour this summer - which is too bad, since Wolf Eyes is reported to be band whose energy is best experienced live, not to mention the disappointment of being denied the joy of observing the aforementioned reactions of the suburban kids who would have come chiefly to hear Modest Mouse sing "Float On."

If I'm to leave you with anything useful at all from this review, it is that you should not, under any circumstances, listen to this disc while driving in Los Angeles. In many ways, it's the perfect soundtrack for that activity - but all the drills, clanks, static, industrial noise, and terrifying screams just blend right in and you're liable to miss something, like a siren or a pedestrian. At certain points on the record, it would be a miracle if you could hear your own car crashing over the din, and in any case, it's hardly the relaxing melody you'd like as you wait for the paramedics.

So, should you come across this record in your local rock emporium when you're in the market for the next Sub Pop slam-dunk indie-pop masterpiece along the lines of the Postal Service, for God's sake, keep browsing. But if the prospect of some post-hardcore post-rock, raw, atmospheric anger intrigues you, Burned Mind would be a stellar start.

Read more:

• Official Wolf Eyes page at Sub Pop


• Wolf Eyes Tour Schedule


• more from Matthew Poe at midnight howl