Speed Plans D.U.I. EP
Pittsburgh freaks back at it with an exceedingly gnarly follow up to their 2023 full-length. If you loved Statues of God (I did), then this is a no-brainer. The formula hasn’t changed—fast, ’80s-inspired hardcore punk that harkens back to the classics—but, this seems leaner, meaner, and just impenetrably tough. Oozing with unadulterated hatred for everyone and everything, D.U.I. finds SPEED PLANS at their most bloodthirsty point yet. Obviously, I’m here for it. “Shut Up,” followed by “Shut the Fuck Up,” is sheer genius. And the line in the last song, “My lifestyle determines your deathstyle,” evokes one of the best moments in potentially the greatest buddy-comedy of all time, Some Kind of Monster. It’s almost too good.