Brak Friction LP
Fiery, self-collapsing no wave sludge outta Berlin with URIN personnel contained in the three-person lineup. BRAK is arguably as raucous as that band, albeit more given to bamboozlement through wave-y tone abuse than noise punk hyperspeed. There are hooks in their songs, much as TEENAGE JESUS AND THE JERKS and Confusion is Sex-era SONIC YOUTH had ‘em, and if you could still dig (fellow URIN-related band) CUNTROACHES with the bestial black metal leanings excised, then Friction may well be your bag—“Dopamine,” in particular, stacks up guitars until it’s a functioning wall of psychedelic weirdness all the way down.