What a Time to Be Alive

Galvanized entirely by the results of the 2016 US Presidential election, the veteran North Carolina indie rockers released one of the most ferociously urgent and angry records of their extensive career. Clocking in at a brisk 32 minutes, the project returns to their raw, blisteringly fast punk-rock roots while retaining incredibly sharp, infectious power-pop hooks. It was heavily celebrated as a wildly vital, deeply cathartic protest album.