““The Industry of Death” excoriates rampant consumerism’s human price, “Raw Blink on Hari Kiri Rock” lambasts passivity in the face of police violence, and the title track spotlights the ease in esc...”
Loud, proud, and zero apologies: Powerlöad delivers unapologetic Canadian slut rock on In The Pocket, while BEN GEL thumps out a bass-driven manifesto — respect all, carry nothing, never stop dreaming. Bloodshot Cyclops brings metallically bombastic thrash rock with sarcastically stupid lyrics — think Motörhead meets Scatterbrain. The Pretty Flowers craft an epic, root-anchored guitar album wrestling with anxiety, regret, and fragmented memories, and Wooden Crates go straight for the throat with a punk attack on those who profit from manufactured online rage.
““The Industry of Death” excoriates rampant consumerism’s human price, “Raw Blink on Hari Kiri Rock” lambasts passivity in the face of police violence, and the title track spotlights the ease in esc...”
“Stylistically, the album bounces between no-nonsense hard rockers, by-the-numbers pop-punk, and even those not-at-all out of place on comercial FM radio.FM”