Meeting snotty hardcore with no-nonsense punk, Indianapolis rockers Pat and the Pissers arrests Indiana city's punk scene one mosh pit at a time.
Ringing in their third LP release with How It's Done, the album is loaded with a frenetic attitude-packed social commentary set to funk-reminiscent punching timbre, and the group is heading out for their first lap around the West Coast to spread the good word.
Nodding first toward the political landscape and the baggage it delivers, "Overflow" narrates the overwhelm of information -- or lack thereof -- and radical social change as vocals call, "Integrity is to be replaced / Dumbing down the human race." Energetic percussion and slamming bass guide the guitar to fierce riffage, underscoring the upheaval interlaced in the jam's lyricism.
"Ignorant" kicks off with a wading gunge before exploring contrarian self-prioritization in a world tailored to individualism. Still, the tune isn't deaf to community. Quite the opposite, it cries for a stark ignorant shoulder to the social code that leaves us scattered. Behind head banging waxes and wanes filtered through major and minor keyed chords, "Ignorant" justifies muting the popular way of life: "lost my list for suffering."
One of the most scintillatingly dynamic songs of the album, "Strong Man" follows guitar, bass, and drums as they sculpt their own soundscapes before coming together, sternly bringing attention to the lyrics' main focus: the eye twitching rigor of debating opposing opinions in today's civil environment. Spoken word vocals accent the song's bobbing vibe, greeting surf rock, grove metal, and art punk.
Adding post-punk and thrash metal to the band's genre-laden sound, "Backseat Boys" critiques the dynamic between older and younger American generations, protesting, "Those tiny little pricks / Don't get the way you did / Back in your glory days," before stalling semitones and rolling bass support the vocal's chants, "You come in here to kill."
After greeting streaming on March 1st, 2025, How It's Done and its rounds aren't finished. Pat and the Pissers welcome their vinyl release via Romanus Records on March 15th, a few days after the How It's Done tour kicks off, spanning 19 cities from Nashville to San Francisco, March 7th through 29th.
Calling back punk's anti-authoritarian and DIY origins, Pat and The Pissers pays tribute to their inspirations riff by riff but with a modern edge, resisting the pessimistic pandemic with powerful mettle.
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