White Hex is a duo coming from Australia formed by Jimi Kritzler (member of Slug Guts, band that released their second album"Howlin' Gang" on Sacred Bones the last year) and Tara Green. "Heat" is their first MLP and it has just been released by Avant! on vinyl and digital. Their music a particular mix of 60's twanging guitars, obsessive bass lines, drum machine and cold female vocals. Taking inspirations from bands such like Gun Club and The Birthday Party, White Hex take those hot sounds and brought them to a colder place. The guitar is the main instrument and Jimi plays it passing from an arpeggio to a riff just to turn back to echoed picked notes. The counterpart to the presence of all this guitar work is the detached Tara's vocals and I must say that the mix works just fine. If at first you get a little while to get acquainted, after a while you have the feeling to be at a Lidya Lunch's party where she invited some goth friends and they are enjoining their evening by playing something together. The six tracks of the MLP will help you chill a bit your got summer... and you know you need it! Check here the opening tune "Stranger Love": http://soundcloud.com/avant/white-hex-stranger-love