Paranoid – Kill The Light EP

偏執症者 continue to exert mastery over D-takt in a way that few others even approach. Of a piece aesthetically with a slew of recent releases, this two-song ripper embodies the band’s general imperative: the perfection of a craft. Distinct from so many dis-clones in form and function, I think of PARANOID as “boutique” D-beat. To the matter at hand, both tracks unsurprisingly rip. Upbeat and punk forward on both accounts, the topside “Vanished Resilience” contains a fun trick where they switch from a fast, raging D-beat to a slower (still raging) D-beat. It may sound minor, but this is exactly the type of punk acrobatics that a lesser band would never consider, much less pull off so seamlessly. If you’re not sufficiently lured in by the rad art, this moment alone makes for required listening.

https://pndftw.bandcamp.com/album/kill-the-light