Grindcore act APE UNIT walk through "Sticks" track by track: ten songs, a drunk threat, and a diorama built from AI mistakes

Grindcore act APE UNIT walk through "Sticks" track by track: ten songs, a drunk threat, and a diorama built from AI mistakes

Alberto Cornero admits upfront that breaking down Ape Unit songs is a strange exercise. “The music we play is so fast and distorted,” he says, “that I guess it’s easier to feel and absorb the overall impact of it rather than focusing on what’s going on.” He’s not wrong. The Cuneo, Italy quartet has been turning out frenzied grindcore/powerviolence since 2008 — two albums, four EPs, and a split deep — and their new EP “Sticks” runs ten tracks in …