Does what passes for "Christmas spirit" in America depress you? Do you yearn for something to obliterate the inane ubiquity of holiday music? Very well, then. I present to you Pharmakon's "Body Betrays Itself," off her 2014 album Bestial Burden (on Sacred Bones Records). It's a grim, grinding piece of traumatized noise that will trigger the tinnitus of anyone who's come within earshot of an abattoir or a Wolf Eyes gig. Pharmakon (aka Margaret Chardiet) wails over the foreboding, hulking rhythm and abrasive drones with a disconcerting delirium. Shit is seriously real. Merry Hannukwanzaa, everybody!

***Pharmakon performs February 20 at Kremwerk with Pink Void, Garek Druss, Knifecream, and DJ Sharlese. More info on this Debacle Records event here.