Eddy Current Suppression Ring

Hell of a year for surprise albums. This week’s already got the short-notice Boards of Canada on deck and then the Aussie punk pantheon has to go right ahead and double the deal with a new album from Eddy Current Suppression Ring. The band’s been teasing this out over the last year or so, letting out two incredible singles in “Swimming Hole” and “Hard To Be Moved,” but swerving the expectations by serving up the Shapes and Forms EP just a little under a year ago rather than anything that tied down those tracks. They remedy the album drought and quick with a whole record on reserve for the end of the week. Both singles are included alongside another nine rippers that bring the sweat and swagger as only the Current can.

The band is unwavering in their ability to fuse tension with hooks, prepping an album that chews on its own tendons, parlaying pounding guitars into the kind of songs that stick in the back of the brain with a serrated stab. The band lets down their guard on the album just a touch, particularly on the early single “Swimming Hole,” a new favorite to be sure, and the jangling closer “On My Way Home,” but they also deliver classic catharsis as well. Mid-section standout “Ivory Tower” pulls itself apart and fuses back together out of spite. “Turtle” might saunter, but the band’s back to ballistics on “Bop’ and dismantling low-slung dirge on “Empathetic.” The absence over the last six years has only made this album all the sweeter, but ECSR never rest on reputation alone. It’s another rack of ripped hits, sinewy punk favorites, and pop Trojan Horses that are set to stun for the duration of 2026.

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