It hvrts so good! Self-described “noise punk” band Trvss from Pittsburgh walks a fine line with their sophomore album New Distances. In fact, they walk a steel tightrope strung so tautly between desolate industrial buildings that it creaks and twangs ominously at every step, yet they maneuver it gracefully and with a wry smile. All the genre tags that the Bandcamp page promises are present: punk, grunge, noise rock, post-hardcore, and a dash of post-punk, and I fully expected the result to be thoroughly unlistenable crap. It certainly is the noisiest and jangliest album I’ve heard so far this year, … Continue reading Review: Trvss – New Distances