{"id":97203,"date":"2024-10-04T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=97203"},"modified":"2024-10-04T00:26:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T23:26:50","slug":"review-drug-church-prude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-drug-church-prude\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Drug Church &#8211; PRUDE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-97191\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Drug-Church-Prude-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Drug Church - Prude\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Drug-Church-Prude-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Drug-Church-Prude-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Drug-Church-Prude-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Drug-Church-Prude-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Drug-Church-Prude.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Five albums deep into their career,\u00a0<strong>Drug Church<\/strong> know not to fuck around by serving up a digestible melodic punk record in 28 minutes. With Patrick Kindlon&#8217;s distinct part-spoken, part-sung vocals at the forefront,\u00a0<em>&#8216;PRUDE&#8217;<\/em> sticks to a recipe that tells vivid tales of missing kids, drug-reliant cousins, and a mix of sardonic and emotional observations.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s held up by an almighty punchy sound that becomes a relentless force. Sometimes it comes from the thunderous rhymic pairing of bassist Pat Wynne, and drummer Chris Villeneuve, or from Nick Cogan and Cory Galusha&#8217;s textured and distorted guitars. Yet there are welcomed melodic moments.\u00a0<em>&#8216;Hey Listen&#8217;<\/em> rings out with melancholy guitars as Kindlon reminisces looking at a missing persons bulletin at a nearby Walmart. <em>&#8216;Chow&#8217;<\/em> sees him share some wisdom as he advises\u00a0<em>&#8221; Don\u2019t break your neck, Jumping into people\u2019s lives&#8221;<\/em> against a rugged backdrop.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, &#8216;<em>Yankee Trails&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>captures Kindlon&#8217;s emotional side, showing distress towards a cross-country drug-dependent friend. It&#8217;s paired with one of\u00a0<em>&#8216;PRUDE&#8217;<\/em>s anthemic moments;\u00a0<em>&#8220;He says hey why don\u2019t you Get yourself new trouble He says hey life is long Why not spend it fucked up&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>With a well-balanced mix of texture, density, and proven storytelling, &#8216;<em>PRUDE<\/em> &#8216; neatly packages <strong>Drug Church<\/strong>&#8216;s strength into a tight-knit ball of punk-driven and dulcet hardcore. Paired with attentive and empathetic songwriting, it&#8217;s a solid outing from the Albany, New York group.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;PRUDE&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0<strong>Drug Church<\/strong> is out now on\u00a0<strong>Pure Noise Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: PRUDE\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4SiGEjeock157xR33nCQdb?si=fddcf17f0fd84dd1&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Yorkers&#8217; fifth album sees them deliver a well-balanced mix of texture, density, and proven storytelling into a tight-knit ball of punk-driven and dulcet hardcore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[4178],"class_list":["post-97203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-drug-church"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Review: Drug Church - PRUDE - Already Heard Staging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The New Yorkers&#039; 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