Pacific Northwest hardcore upstarts, Punitive Damage, have announced their debut full-length, This Is The Blackout, due out October 14th from Atomic Action! Records. Flying by in just 18 minutes, the album is a blast of concentrated fury that demands the listener’s attention and never lets go. Vocalist Jerkova brings an uncompromising worldview that lends a palpable urgency to the band’s sound, creating a connection between the songs and real life stakes. To mark the album’s announcement, Punitive Damage have shared its first single Drawn Lines. In just one minute flat the band manage to swing from stomping punk attack to blisteringly fast speeds, before landing on a pummeling breakdown in the track’s final seconds. “A lot of hardcore...