We Should Have Been DJs, Pious Faults, Sex Scenes, Roboman

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On the 2016 self-titled EP, Australian outfit Pious Faults debuted with six short blasts of memorably energetic hardcore angst and aggression. Returning with this summer's full-length Old Thread, though, their songs are not only longer but far weirder, as if XTC in its early, angular days had made a straight-up punk record. A strong lineup includes Milwaukee’s similarly intense punk outfit Sex Scenes, the one-man-band madness of Roboman, and the melodic, frenetic punk rockers We Should Have Been DJs.