Insurrections. Global pandemics. The return of fascism. Climate crises. These are some serious times. But if you’ve got angst in your pants and you need to dance, or scream, or play guitar too loud too close to your amplifier, turn your ear to what Live Skull are doing. Veteran New York noisers who went on indefinite hiatus just before their kind of smart, gnarly, inventive din became lucrative, they rose again in 2016 and their new full length, Party Zero, is now available via Bronson Recordings. The album is a thrilling work redefining what Live Skull means and what they stand for, no longer a group with a past, but one with a future. Party Zero is big in sound, brash in dynamics. But the sophistication that was always the group’s calling card remains an essential element, dealing in th...