Sometimes there is an album that goes unnoticed when released, and it takes some time before it gathers the buzz needed to come to your attention. This is the case with Canadian band Truck Violence, who released this album back in July of 2024, and just now entered my trajectory. It flew under the radar and gathered a deserved buzz as it came to my attention. They incorporate punk vocals with an undercurrent of blast and odd, angular reverb reverb-heavy guitars that clang about; it feels like Iceage jamming with Cult of Youth at times.
"Lecture" finds its vocalist mumbling to himself in a rather musing manner as the music broods in a 90s indie rock manner. When it explodes out, it is not done in as abrasive a manner as we first hear from them, showing they have levels of dynamics they are mature enough to shift from. Their first foray into folk is on the song "Gung buried in the front yard". This is being said with a dash of irony, but maybe they are sincere. "The gash" has more of a hardcore feel, though it's dark and reflective. The return to the more folk sounds but with a more depressive feel for "He ended the bender hanging". The darker subject matter makes me take this one more seriously, and it builds into a more angular noise rock clamour.
There is another folk ditty that feels more bluegrass emo. Not as serious as the previous song, but not done from a place of irony either. The last song feels more like noise rock, as it is not a feral explosion of anger, but a reflective unfolding of it. I will round this one up to a 10 it might be the best punk album from last year that you never heard.
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