Priors are offering a second glimpse into their forthcoming album, Daffodil, that is due out on the 2nd June via Mothland Records, a cynical post-punk entry entitled Optimizer. Elegantly destroying common tropes of the genre, the piece is somewhat of a mise-en-abîme. Is it a literal heart-wrenching cry for help? A sardonic take on peer pressure and confusion? A critic of a never-dying and wistful fad? Either way, there is no stopping this chorus-drenched ear worm. “”Optimizer” is a direct stab at post-punk because I wasn’t really impressed with a lot of the stuff I was hearing. We always dipped our toes in post-punk, but I felt it was necessary to dive in on this one. I hadn’t written a song around a bass line since “Brew HA HA” from the last record (My Punishment On Earth) and once ...