FROM THE ROT IS A GIFT

Still/Form are a new Portland trio with a sludgy heft, who plod and trudge through a gauntlet of experimental sounds, driving bass, and sharp attack on their debut LP. Raspy vocals provide an unsettling disposition against the music that can't simply be categorized as 'metal', or 'noise rock', but certainly can be filed into much broader and less definable terms, such as 'weird' and 'heavy'.