punk this week: slither, vaxine, the last survivors + 5 more

Welcome to Punk This Week, see/saw’s weekly column exploring the latest and greatest punk and rock’n’roll records. It’s the last one of these for the year, focusing on some exceptional underground records including a new hardcore banger from Minneapolis and a split from Vaxine and the Last Survivors.

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SLITHER: SLITHER [self-released]

This is the last column of the year, and it feels appropriate to lead with a Minneapolis band. In a wild year for Minneapolis punk, this debut from SLITHER absolutely overdelivers. A harrowing and howling hardcore record that’s exceptional—its echoing brutalist vocals, all-speed percussive crash, and guitar solos that aim for the rafters but always seem on the cusp of completely falling apart. There’s a good balance of precision and DIY shagginess; intense in a way that still feels within reach. It’s punk house basement show reverie; the good life.