“Beast” is from the debut Ex Hex album, Rips, out October 7, 2014 on Merge Records.

Ex Hex is led by former Helium frontperson (and ex-Wild Flag member) Mary Timony, and includes the Fire Tapes’ Betsy Wright and the Aquarium drummer Laura Harris.

Rips was recorded over two weeks in North Carolina with Mitch Easter (R.E.M.) and in the basement of Timony’s home in Washington D.C., Pitchfork reported.

[I just published my rock ‘n’ roll/ coming-of-age novel, “True Love Scars,” which features a narrator who is obsessed with Bob Dylan. To read the first chapter, head here.

Or watch an arty video with audio of me reading from the novel here.

Of just buy the damn thing:

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