Brutus - Nest

I was so happy when I first heard Brutus after their first LP dropped a couple years back because they combined two of my favorite genres of music: White Lung and post-hardcore. And as an added bonus, I'm pretty confident none of them are right-wing shills like White Lung's Mish Way, so you can listen guilt-free! Not only that but they feature the most unicorn of all band members: the lead vocalist woman drummer. Hell yeah! How on earth does Stefanie drum like a speeding cheetah while singing haunting melodic vocals? I have no fuckin' clue. She's a damn treasure. Point is: Brutus absolutely shreds. The music is atmospheric and powerful and melodic and I love everything about what they do and how they execute it. Playing Nest along with La Dispute's Panorama back-to-back is a really good recipe for a great winter day. It first dropped in late March when I was out in San Francisco for work and it was cold as hell and it was a perfect album to be able to listen to while walking around in that kind of weather.