Rip Room Location: San Francisco, CA Album: Alight and Resound, out May 27 via Spartan Records One normally doesn’t associate having your shit together and family in the same breath (if you do, congrats you lucky jerk). However, there has to be at least one person in most people’s extended family (or a friend that is like family) that just gets them at an almost elemental level, one person with whom you can be the truest version of yourself. Imagine being in a band where the gang acts like that together—That is Rip Room in a nutshell. Alight and Resound is the type of art punk that balances the engaging with the craft in a way that only the best can, which is to say this is an album that rips on an intellectual and emotional level. Noise rock, post-punk, hardcore, and punk rock are all b...