Over the course of their 30-minute, three-song, self-titled album, Hang the Old Year take you on serpentine, eminently listenable journeys through every musical peccadillo the members possess. The massive sounds of Godspeed You! Black Emperor and King Crimson, in particular, resonate quite loudly in the album. These songs can tend to mind-meld with you, causing you to lose time as you drift away for a few minutes, before Hang the Old Year come crashing back in with slash-and-burn guitars and defiantly bombastic crescendos. It's a thrilling feeling, like listening to "21st Century Schizoid Man" for the first time, every twist and turn giving your heart little palpitations as you're led by the hand past carnival mirrors of musical expression.

Read Rev. Adam McKinney's full feature on Hang the Old Year in the Music & Culture section.

HANG THE OLD YEAR, w/ Edhochuli, Blank Boys, Gloss, 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 28, all ages, Le Voyeur, 404 E. Fourth Ave., Olympia, $5-$7, 360.943.5710