When Sacramento drummer Zach Hill recently posted on his Facebook page, “Finished the new Hella album,” it caused a shit storm of excitement amongst his fans. As of press time for this issue, the post had a monstrous 359 “likes” and nearly 100 comments. Jose Sanchez said, “Woooooo OMG that shits gonna be on replay for months on end, I love you Zach Hill.” Richie Saldivar chimed in with, “Fuck yeah! I can’t wait to hear it!” and Heath Sousa took it to a whole other sexual-yet-sort-of-disturbing level by saying, “Just cummed my pants.” Yes, it’s clear that Hella fans near and far are excited at the news of the instrumental spaz-rock band’s return. So is Submerge. We caught up with Hill last week to pick his brain about the new album, which is still yet to be titled, and he had this to say: “We recorded the album in Oak Park with Andy Morin. He recorded it and we all mixed it together. It’s pretty raw and just two of us again. Primarily drums and guitar but Spencer [Seim, guitar] also played bass on every track. It’s instrumental and loud. It’s like a very raging band practice that was recorded and played very well.” Hill mentioned that they are looking at two possible release dates, July 26 or Aug. 2 and that it will be released via Sargent House.
-J. Carabba
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