Bellingham, Wash. trio Dog Shredder are following a 2010 self-released two-song EP with a breakneck three-song 12" EP called Brass Tactics, out April 17 via Seattle label Good to Die. That's a lot of time for five tracks, but after listening to the ramped-up, mathematically complex opener "Battle Toads", you'll have an idea why it takes them so long to learn their parts. The other two pieces are called "Battle Snake" and "Battle 07", and besides a psychedelic zone-out on the latter, they definitely sound like they're throwing everything into the ring, trying to turn the Fucking Champs into the Fucking Chumps.