In addition to a discography that now includes eleven albums, the band from Portland also has an impressive list of initiatives that this group has launched or supported. These include a globally oriented human rights NGO, but also local campaigns to help children with rare genetic diseases or to give people with disabilities access to concerts. You can hardly hear the political and social activism in your music.
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What stands out, however, is that the new album SHISH offers a few toughnesses that the band has rarely shown recently. “Pittman Ralliers” is angry hardcore, “Mush” is high-tempo prog, “Angoon” hails from the alternative rock hype of the nineties, the single “Denali” has an obvious nervousness lurking beneath the funk-pop surface, the title song steals elements from the English big beat movement.
The urgency and agility of the music make SHISH a record with many edges. And therefore also one that uses rock music to show what the world will look like in 2025.
This review first appeared in Musikexpress 12/2025.