There’s a pretty decent uptick in bands that I call “’tweeners,” those that exist in the liminal spaces between different styles. Denver-by-way-of Seattle group Public Opinion have a sound that would feel fresh any year after 1971. Their sound takes its cues from proto punk, garage punk, 80s hardcore, grunge, post-punk, 00s indie rock, and good old-fashioned guitar pop. If The Stooges, The Hives, and Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes wanted to write poppy protest songs, Modern Convenience would be the likely outcome. That isn’t to say that anything in this efficient EP feels like an easy game of “spot-the-influence.” Nor are Public Opinion simply a grab bag of disconnected punk subgenres. In fact, the best part about the band (aside from an uncanny ability to write fucking bops) is their...
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