The local noise-freak quartet HEALTH is one of L.A.’s most volatile and virtuosic live acts, but almost to a fault. They’re so busy sending every song in a thousand different directions (nearly all of which are interesting) that as soon as you hear a sound you like, it’s already over. But beneath all those whiplash twists and turns, there’s a sense of rhythm and haunting repetition that suggests they’d be a great dance band if they’d just sit still for a few minutes.

Turns out, HEALTH thought so too. “HEALTH//DISCO,” out in May,  is a compilation of the many (and pretty ace) remixes of cuts from their self-titled album that have been floating around antagonistic dance-punk circles for a few months. We’re particularly fond of the Missy Elliot-evoking Pictureplane’s remix of “Lost Time” and the NOSAJ THING edit of “Tabloid Sores” that sounds like a sebastiAn track made entirely with a Galaga machine. This is the rare remix album that holds up with (and in many places, surpasses) the original article.

– August Brown

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