Youth Controllerzzz

I asked for this album for x-mas because the cover art really jumped out at me, and because I'm a huge Gossip fan. I was shocked at how amazing "Youth Controlerz" was. It's deffinatly in my top 5 best albums of the year. Much more experimental than the Gossip but also very similar in the over all quality and feeling of the album. A must for any Gossip fan!

A spin-off from the formidable blues-punk of the Gossip, Olympia, WA's Die Monitr Batss feature that group's guitarist Nathan as its singer/guitarist. Unlike the Gossip, however, the sound of Die Monitr Batss - which also includes saxophonist Nate; guitarist/singer Brace; drummer Chris; and Lana, also a singer - owes more to no wave and art punk influences like Mars and Teenage Jesus & the Jerks. In 2002, the group released a split 7" with the like-minded Chromatix on the SL imprint, and the following year issued the Spread Your Legs Release the Bats 7" and Youth Controllerzz full-length on Dim Mak.