“The epic new album Black Walls and William Hall by Fizzle Like a Flood, a.k.a. Doug Kabourek, is more than a collection of songs; it’s the soundtrack to a horror-filled love story that has festered in Kabourek’s psyche for more than a decade.

A kaleidoscope of noise, sound, samples and screams swirl into and around the record’s eight songs. The dense, layered production is sure to turn on fans of Flaming Lips’ adventurous soundscapes, while the rock songs provide the riffage and melodies to satisfy any true Weezer, Sebadoh or Beach Boys fan.

Headphones are a must to capture Kabourek’s intricate, nuanced cacophony as well as to follow the narrative, which is nearly impossible without the lyric sheet printed on the album’s sleeve (hopefully he’ll be adding them to the Bandcamp liner notes). But with or without the words, the immersive audio experience is a hallucinatory thrill ride on par with the best haunted houses.”