"Enter a world of sordid noise rock, where jazz meets grindcore, prog blends with no-wave, and absolutely nothing is subtle. The duo of 23 Ensemble’s Adam Bosse (guitar) and Tundrastomper's Max Goldstein (drums), have thrown caution to the wind and they’re getting into the sweet spot of experimental freak-out noise punk with an intelligence at its core. Squeals, squiggles, blurts, scrapes, bleats… it’s all there, one sound warping into the next, but not without careful construction. The music of Fred Cracklin never feels happenstance. Their chaos is orchestrated, with every skittering jazz fill and deranged classical progression pieced together with mutant detail" - Dan Goldin, Post-Trash