Review: Trust Punks - Discipline

Aucklanders Trust Punks have carved out a healthy reputation over the past 18 months, and now they have debut album Discipline under their belts. It’s a strong showing too, with twists and turns aplenty as they deploy their melodic post-punk sound across seven songs in a brief 24 minutes.

Their range and ability to blend dissonance and melody are the cornerstones of the band’s sound. Notes are wrestled from strangled guitars like their probable heroes Sonic Youth, while the underlying rhythms cut jagged math-rock shapes and intricate patterns that are as crucial to the songs’ dynamics as the guitar and vocal detailing...

Click here to read Chris Familton's full review, and listen to second single 'Through The Thicket' below

Trust Punks are playing in Wellington on Friday 21st November, and then in Palmerston North on Saturday 22nd November. See here for more details.