{"id":37763,"date":"2026-05-14T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T05:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=37763"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:47:25","slug":"album-review-third-ego-more-ego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/album-review-third-ego-more-ego\/","title":{"rendered":"New album: Third Ego || More Ego"},"content":{"rendered":"

After their self-titled debut landed in late 2022, Third Ego return with More Ego<\/em>, 25 minutes of punk rock that is melodic while still carrying a dark undercurrent. Their sound leans heavily into alternative rock territory, with shades of Bob Mould and Mission of Burma, and an emotional weight to these songs that is palpable.<\/p>\n

This is not the kind of band sleepwalking through familiar moves. Third Ego clearly have a strong idea of what they want this project to be, and the collective experience from members of NRA, Brat Pack, NEED, Human Alert, and Selfish shows all over this thing. The songs are short and urgent without feeling rushed, sharp without sounding clinical. They give the record a tension that keeps pulling you back in.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a brooding intensity running through More Ego<\/em>, but also enough melody to stop it from collapsing under its own heaviness. A rewarding listen from a band that sounds fully locked in.<\/p>\n

LP (with pretty awesome art by Menno Wittebrood<\/a>) available through a bullet train of labels including Shield Recordings, White Russian Records, Flight 13 Label, Slow Death, Scuderie Ducali Records, and Serial Bowl.<\/p>\n