This album pissed me off. Vampirates spent 2024 releasing monthly singles leading to the December 13th, 2024 album release of #trending, something every music marketer will tell you is necessary in the digital age. The album’s sardonic title holds up thematically to the lyrical content of this nearly 18-minute squall of Zappa-violence. The intro track “WTF?” shows the headspace the artists are working from, an introspective jab at being a creative that prioritizes riffs over substance in the punk community. The introspective deconstructing this album does in the lyrical content is extremely relatable in tracks like “So Cali Awkward” with lines like “I like going to shows and hearing all new bands, but try to talk to me? I don’t know what to do with...