Slashed Tires, Assure EPOut now, Off TempoWebsiteSlahed Tires is the solo project of guitarist and producer Kenneth Piekarski, a Tri-Cities transplant who creates loop-based jams that, according to one concert review I found, are pretty cool to see live. On this EP, however, the songs are mixed bag of dub-influenced electronica and barely listenable noise-rock sludge that’s “experimental” in the worst sense of the word. To wit: “Mull It Over” is a beat-heavy dance track that benefits from guest female vocals, while songs like “Sign” or “Display,” the latter of which features some atonal trombone noodling two-thirds of the way through, lack direction or any sense of melody. Assure is a diversely textured listen, but it’s often too formless and tuneless for its own good. Listen to “Mull It Over” after the jump.Mull It Over (feat. Abi Swanson) by Slashed Tires