Let's Get Serious

Explosive and unadulterated. Less Nation Of Ulysses, more MC5 -- loud, abrasive, gritty, and on the front lines. Brooklyn's Panthers come at you with this highly anticipated second release, which feels more like a full album than the 5-song EP that it is. You can still hear the angular guitars and the explosive songwriting that was the foundation of last years "Are You Down?" LP, but this time they have a refined tone and deliberation. This record is grittier, more abrasive, and really fucking loud. Jayson's vocals are still up front (this time with a bit more melody) and, as always, have heavy doses of academia and theory (from Georges Bataille to Brooklyn's own Notorious B.I.G). There's an empowered language running through this record, but it's less of Newton & Seale's rhetorical approach and more of a Vaneigem personal/political angle. Panthers still draw their theories from personal power plays and discuss identity politics and privilege through language, rhetoric, and presence. Produced, engineered, and mixed by Steve Revitte (Liars, Beastie Boys sessions, LCD Soundsystem).