If change is bad, Stuck makes the best of it. The record, front to back, is solid. It’s as dense as it is brief - the band wastes zero time plunging to exceptional depths in both arrangement and lyricism. Stuck’s debut contains the kind of post-punk precision and detail begging for repeated listens. Nothing’s overthought, but it’s all thought out.
Having released their debut EP and a stand-alone single in 2018 and 2019 respectively, the band are set to share the full length debut, Change Is Bad, on April 3rd via Born Yesterday Records. The band swerve between slurred aggression, blaring attacks, and tightly coiled post-punk; unhinged one moment and snapping into place the next.
Recorded during the sessions for the band’s upcoming full length debut but ultimately relegated to a b-side, “People Pleaser” is a big time post-punk corker that recalls early Protomartyr meets Gang of Four. The song opens with Obis and Green locked tightly together in wonky groove just before Walsh’s guitars come spidering in.
