Pelican
The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw
Hydra Head (2005)
"Evolution is the key to survival." I don't know which famous individual stated this, but I am quoting them both out of respect as well as out of fear of getting sued. Whoever that wiseman was, he was absolutely correct. History has taught us that a failure to evolve - no matter what the context - results in certain doom. … Read more
Pelican
What We All Come to Need
Southern Lord (2009)
Pelican's new record What We All Come to Need is a gorgeous journey through sludge rock with some moments of beautiful calm. But does it hold your attention enough to be a repeated listen? I got into Pelican when I purchased 2005's The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw. Overall it was a great album, but few songs … Read more
Pellinore
Memento Mori & Hell Mouth
Strike 3 (2007)
Memento Mori & Hell Mouth is a compilation of this newish Northern Jersey hardcore band called Pellinore. I decided to take this CD on one of my many bus trips around the metropolitan areas the encompass Minneapolis/St. Paul and the surrounding suburbs. This time the trip was to the Mall of America. I hate going to the Mall of America. … Read more
Pembroke
All The Brightest Pictures
HANDSTAND RECORDS (2022)
Let's say this is my first assignment at Scene Point Blank and this time I'll do a review for a hardcore punk album. It's an album by Pembroke entitled All The Brightest Pictures. Well, it's a quite rare thing for me to review hardcore punk records these days but at least I was an intense listener of this kind of … Read more
Penetration Panthers
Perpetual 80's
A389 (2011)
There have been a number of bands that have tried to raise the banner of eras part. Whether it be the youth crew band or the thrash revival band. Even though there has been a number of bands in the past that recognize the power of 80s punk rock few pull it off. If you have been waiting for a … Read more
Pentemple
0))) Presents...
Southern Lord (2008)
One of the latest Sunn 0))) incarnations goes by the name of Pentemple - an unholy alliance between the usual Sunn 0))) boys (Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson), ambient artist Oren Ambarchi, and black metal visionaries Attila Csihar and Sin Nanna (AKA Striborg). The Southern Lord website called the limited CD, an improvised live collaboration in Melbourne, Australia, a "blackened … Read more
Perennial
In The Midnight Hour
Independent (2022)
Art-punk is usually a description that makes me move out of the way. Most of the art-punk I have heard so far just isn’t my cup of tea. Every rule has its exceptions, so here we are; I have listened to In The Midnight Hour dozens of times already. There is two things you need to know about this last … Read more
Perennial
The Leaves Of Autumn Symmetry
Independent (2023)
Earlier this year I reviewed In The Midnight Hour, the second album of Perennial, and I liked it. In fact, I liked it enough to check out their debut album The Symmetry Of Autumn Leaves. A debut that was nice, but pales in comparison with their sophomore record. If you ask me it missed focus in the song-writing and lacked … Read more
Perfect Pussy
Say Yes To Love
Captured Tracks (2014)
In 2010, it was Wavves. In 2012, it was Japandroids. Now, the vaginal Syracuse outfit Perfect Pussy is Pitchfork.com's newest punk band crush. Yes, this is the same popular indie music site whose 2013 Reader’s Poll allowed Kanye West’s Yeezus to be the Most Underrated and Most Overrated Album Of The Year, and yes, these are also the writers who … Read more
Periphery
Periphery 2: This Time It's Personal
Sumerian (2012)
I don't have a good history with Periphery. Their debut album, though it had a few good moments, left a very sour taste in my mouth. Given that a lot of the issues I had with it could be chalked up to growing pains of a new band, however, I decided it was only fair to give their second album, … Read more
Permanent
Sink|Swim
6131 (2007)
One of the best indicators of rating how good a band is is if you can feel your heart pounding as you listen to them. Your adrenaline is pumping, you're shouting alongside the music trying to keep up, and all you really want to do is grab onto something and hold on because, for all you know, you're on a … Read more
Persefone
metanoia
Napalm (2022)
I remember discovering Persefone, and their, then, newest album, Spiritual Migration. It was an insanely hot summer day in the shitty college dorms I was staying in. I was digging for progressive metal around on Metal Archives and YouTube. Out of nowhere this video for Spiritual Migration pops in the recommendations. It all seemed alluring so I went for it. … Read more
Personality Cult
Dilated
Dirtnap (2025)
I had a hard time starting this review. I can’t help coming back to the fact that it sounds like Marked Men. It does, maybe intentionally so, as Dilated is the second of Personality Cult’s albums that is produced by Jeff Burke of Marked Men and Radioactivity. But I don’t necessarily like to say a band sounds like another band … Read more
Personality Cult
New Arrows
Dirtnap (2020)
I like to find new bands. One of the challenges as I get older is exactly that. I listen to a lot of music, but a lot of it follows a certain artistic lineage. I want to keep up with what old favorites are doing, but with new groups too. There are always a few labels I can count on … Read more
Perth Express
Discography
Teenage Disco Bloodbath (2007)
Perth Express is likely a band that you're unfamiliar with, but that's okay. Prior to being contacted by the label in regards to this discography release, I was totally oblivious to the band's existence. The world is a big place and you just can't be expected to know about every single band. Hailing from Germany, this discography encompasses the band's … Read more
Perth Express
Harrowed and Wealdstone
Vendetta (2008)
Harrowed and Wealdstone marks the final recordings from German bruisers Perth Express. It's quite a shame that the band decided to call it a day as they had just released their discography in the U.S. last year and followed that up with tours in the States as well as abroad. These nine songs see a continued assault on the ears … Read more
Perturbator
DANGEROUS DAYS
Independent (2014)
If Daft Punk were commissioned to score a cyberpunk horror film of the likes of Hardware, the resulting work may sound something like what Paris musician James “Perturbator” Kent has come up with on 2014’s Dangerous Days, the latest of his four albums. Utilizing vintage synthesizer sound straight out of the Miami Vice era, Perturbator lets loose with aggressive arpeggios … Read more
Perturbator
The Uncanny Valley
Blood Music (2016)
The Uncanny Valley pulses in high concept waves and the mastermind behind it all, Perturbator (composer James Kent), creates visual magic with naught but a synthesiser and a slick, rain-soaked neon palette. Kent has been making music as his electronic alter-ego since at least 2012, but he started out in black metal and the Frenchman carries over similar aesthetics from … Read more
