Chicago-based group the Hecks started out making a clanging, dissonant brand of experimental art rock reminiscent of Sonic Youth and Wire. However, by the release of their second album, 2019's My Star, they had drastically reconstructed their sound into a mutant blend of jittery new wave and synth-heavy funk.
Guitarists Andy Mosiman and Zach Hebert formed the Hecks in 2012. They issued a self-titled cassette EP, and their debut single "Trust and Order" was put out by Moniker Records in 2013. After several years of playing shows around Chicago and occasionally elsewhere in th...