The second album from MITRAILLE has arrived, and like their 2022 debut, it’s also self-titled — or so I thought until I noticed the sneaky second “I” in MITRAIILLE. This subtle change hints at the small but significant evolution the Belgian band has undergone since their first LP. They’re still churning out bouncy, spastic tracks that sound like they’ve been guzzling coffee non-stop, and they’re still absolutely tearing it up. But this time around, they’re adding a bit more variety and finesse to their frenetic sound.

The result is a record that defies easy categorization: depending on your musical diet, you could call it post-punk for garage rockers, punk for alt-rockers, or just plain chaos for adrenaline junkies. As the press release aptly puts it: “Think Uranium Club if they were Motörhead roadies with anger management issues.”

MITRAIILLE is out today on Spastic Fantastic Records (Dortmund, DE), Belly Button Records (Antwerp, BE), Ronny Rex (Diest, BE), and Rockerill Records (Charleroi, BE). It’s a record that will keep you on your toes, and possibly, bouncing off the walls.

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