When Charleston, SC’s Florida Man were plotting their return and third full length, Plastique landed as the most fitting title. The album is a glossy collection of nine songs that transports the band’s foundational sound of razor sharp riffs, fuzzy bass and maniacal vocals into new territories of electronic experimentation, percussive ensembles and earworm chorus hooks. As Florida Man explodes into a new era with the release of Plastique, the band is feeling a sense of renewal and primed for whatever comes next. Influences pull from a wide spectrum, citing Ceremony, Unsane, Nine Inch Nails and The Prodigy, what might seem like an odd combination has blended into an amorphous, melodic-leaning, hardcore punk meets noise rock experience. Lyrically each song tells its own isolated ...