Feedback and rapid percussion set the stage on APE!’s single “Hate Speech”. It’s the first offering from the band’s forthcoming album Snotty Brat Rock. A degree of downhill aggression/menace pushes the message, as the duality of the declaration dismisses the importance of the subject (individual), while conversely acknowledging the impact of spoken words runs full steam ahead. It’s confrontational yet catchy in an abbreviated grunge-metal punch.