The Bug Club return just seven months after their last LP with Every Single Muscle, their third release on Sub Pop. Written between relentless US and UK touring, the album is their punkiest and punchiest yet—18 tightly packed, sub-two-minute blasts brimming with riffs, hooks and sharp guitar interplay from Sam and Tilly.
Opener “Miss Wales 2012” sets the pace, and the record rarely lets up, embracing what the band call “efficient maximalism.” Lyrically, it shifts from everyday absurdities to a surreal, darkly funny dissection of the human condition—garage rock’s own body horror—culminating in a wry sense of alienation and ennui.