“Ladies and gentlemen, be gentle with comedians // For while they are blessed with prodigious download metrics // They endure life defenseless // Unarmed with guitars.” New York post-punk trio Recalculating sets the tone with a song Based On The Comedy Of Ray Romano, with which they open their new LP Do You Like To Laugh?, a telling title. Equipped with jagged guitars, striking drum salvos and compelling talk-singing vocals, the musicians attack the aftermath of the pandemic, with striking surrealistic beat-punk lyrics being their most effective weapon (and nice cultural and literature references that are good for a smile). The twelve songs here are clever and cool, exciting and energetic, heartfelt and hopeful, for what it’s worth: Sometimes The Chicken Wins At Tic Tac Toe.

Do You Like To Laugh?, engineered and mixed by Steve Albini, is out now digitally. Recalculating is made up of Scott Sendrow (guitar, vocals), Sean Wiederkehr (bass, vocals) and Michael Sendrow (drums, vocals).

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