This is a call-to-arms, a primal scream, and a completely, unreservedly out-of-the-clear-blue triumph.   Full text...

With the volume on high, you can hear chaos in the proliferation of sounds, but exuberant, triumphant order in the way they fit together.  Full text...

There’s a melodic sensibility, akin to the best moments of Hüsker Dü, that runs through P&L’s latest full-length — the first to feature vocals — and it’s a triumphant development for the band, infusing their layered racket of tweaker noise with anthemic direction and some heart-stopping hooks.  Full text...

It's more aggressive than their previous work, including their split with Tyondai Braxton, and to call it unrelenting would be an understatement.  Full text...

As tactile and boldly jagged as the album's cover art, the music of Parts & Labor is a shot in the arm of today's jaded complacency.  Full text...