Sitting comfortably in that noisy space lying between Modest Mouse, Flaming Lips and Pavement, post-punk trio Ravenous takes the hard knocks of life head on in delightfully named tracks like ‘We’re All Fucked.’ After getting through this undeniably catchy number, I’ve no doubt you’ll agree: this kind of grimy, slacker alt-rock vibe is pretty much the only way to sing a song like this properly.
Like their peers before them, the band excels at remaking life’s suckiness into something infinitely more enjoyable. Though they reside in DC now, the band must miss their lonely hearts days in Bushwick, as this seems to come up quite a bit in their fantastic new Irony Gymnasium EP.
But don’t expect to find any love songs here. The band makes that abundantly clear in the bottom-heavy album opener ‘Irony Gymnasium:’ "I don’t write any love songs, cuz love don’t rhyme with me." So be it. Lucky for us, the band has plenty of crap to make fun of to keep the anthems rocking for a long time to come. – Mike Levine (@Goldnuggets)