West coast garage punk. 

Criminal Hygiene apparently enjoys getting drunk before recording music, and it shows on this album. But not in a bad way. The album has sort of a haphazard messiness to it, but rather turn the listener off it provides its own unique charm to the album. 

“Withdrawn‰” opens the album with a fun, sing-along-able song that ends with a flurry of guitars, drums, layered vocals, and what sounds like a miniature piano. Turpentine features a hard and fast guitar shredding that gets adrenaline flowing. 

The album isn‰’t without its somber moments though. “Andrew‰’s Song‰” features more sparse guitars and only a tambourine and clapping for percussion, as the ambient “oohs‰” backup the singing. It‰’s easy to tell that the band themselves had a blast while recording, and hopefully listening will be equally as fun. 

RIYL: Mac DeMarco, The Orwells, FIDLAR
Recommended Tracks: 1, 2, 5, 7