I Am Sorry For Your Loss

Local post-punkers Adjective have recently put out a stellar EP. It's a retro affair harkening back to a time when bands like Wire were making the best music out there. This connection isn't surprising as Wire's bass player helped produce the album. I don't want to get too much into the Wire connection because Adjective do stand up strongly on their own and they're more than just a band that sounds like Wire.

The EP is full of urgency in Ryan Riot and Luna Tic's vocals, the driving no-time-for-solos guitars and the rapid drumbeats. You might feel a little agitated by this album's non-stop drive if your'e not in quite the right mood when you're listening to it. It's not designed to be very accessible with lyrics about integers and llamas. The lyrics never come off as silly, but merely as secondary to the music. They certainly exist, but it doesn't seem to matter particularly what the band is singing about.

The EP is more balanced than the bands live performance; they can never quite seem get it quite right in their live mixes. This EP is only six tracks and 17 minutes long, but it's a satisfying 17 minutes. If you haven't heard them yet I'd recommend checking out their myspace and listening to "Monstrous Little Boy".

I was going to plug their upcoming show at Honey, but looking at the interwebz it is apparently right now... so if you are reading this right after I posted it, head down and check them out. They're great!