
Ex Hex - Rips - New LP
EX HEX exploded onto the scene with their unfettered brand of rock and riffage. Made up of MARY TIMONY, BETSY WRIGHT and LAURA HARRIS, the group’s debut Rips is a gleaming collection of tightly wound gems that scored Best New Music honors from Pitchfork, the top spot on Magnet’s Best of 2014 list, and No. 11 in that year’s Pazz & Jop critics poll. Unapologetic rock ’n’ roll spat out in the discipline’s mother tongue.Rips by Ex Hex Mary found Laura Harris (The Aquarium, Benjy Ferree) and they hit it off immediately. Laura is a monster on drums: intuitive, solid, and just a bit rough around the edges. The pair played together for a couple of months in a tiny carpet-lined practice space shared with half a dozen hardcore bands and what appeared to be the better part of a B.C. Rich Mockingbird. In walked Betsy Wright from the wilds of Virginia. She and Mary have similar tendencies, both defaulting to denim and The Voidoids. Betsy is a performer and an ace piano player, and before long,