Public Opinion have released their new EP, Modern Convenience, that is out now via Convulse Records. The Denver-by-way-of-Seattle-based group make razor sharp songs that traffic in equal parts melody and bite, and the five tracks on Modern Convenience make for an instantly appealing introduction. The EP blends the energy and aggression of hardcore with the overt hooks and swagger of garage rock, as evidenced on standout track, Fixated, which features guest vocals from Militarie Gun & Regional Justice Center frontman, Ian Shelton, who co-produced the EP along with engineer Phil Odom. Modern Convenience combines primal first wave punk with a sense of unabashed catchiness and ends up sounding like the work of a guitar pop band that plays with uncharacteristic ferocity, or perhaps a hardco...