Album review: Dream Nails – Doom Loop

When a band changes their vocalist it can lead them down different paths: one that galvanises them to unlock the potential they always had, or they trudge their way through nothingness trying to work out who they are still. For Dream Nails, luckily, the former applies. After, introducing us to new vocalist Ishmael Kirby and signing with Marshall, the queercore punks have unleashed their second offering, Doom Loop. Clocking in at just over 30 minutes, it’s a vibrant mix of raw punk power and introspective lyrics that offers a cathartic journey through the world of Dream Nails.  The opening jangly heights of Good Guy start proceedings in riotous style, cracking open the abhorrent nature of incel culture. From the very start, Dream Nails have this infectious abil...

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