Self-describe as “a scrappy rock-’n’-roll band” and you’re bound to grab the attention of the blogging brothers at Add to Wantlist. Actually back it up with six ripping tracks? Now you’re on the wantlist.

The Mail Manipulators—three punks from Madison, Wisconsin—wrote these songs during the pandemic and recorded them over the years since. The result sounds like a garage band that’s been understudying for some of your favorite ’60s and ’70s punk icons, waiting for their moment to sneak on stage and steal the show.

The sound is raw, the attitude dialed up, the hooks scrappy and immediate. It’s the kind of no-frills rock-’n’-roll that lives and dies by energy, and The Mail Manipulators have it in spades.

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