This second LP by the post-punk quartet self-style queer post-punk band from Brattleboro, Vermont, is pulsating, visceral, panache-filled, and themed about the so-called nourishing euphoria that comes from real-life experiences rather than easy-access digital dopamine hits. Meaty, thrumming bass, jagged guitars and strong, surging melodies abound, and vocalist and guitarist Echo Mars (they/them) has some vocal syle comparisons to Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner, and is more musically dynamic than Thus Love’s 2022 debut, Memorial. Standouts include opener On The Floor, which has faint echoes of Joy Division and Pavement, the swaggering, latter-period Arctic Monkeys-style Birthday Song, as well as the existential title track, the strutting Get Stable, the more tender piano song Face To Face, and the simmering, semi-spoken, Lou Reed-ish House On A Hill, with a jittering guitar sound that feels like a car skidding at high speed. A band with a edge and a bold, live delivery. Out on Captured Tracks.
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