punk this week: water machine, alienator, billiam, dávila 666 + 21 more

Hey, it’s Punk This Week, see/saw’s weekly survey of punk + rock'n'roll music. This week I finally found out about the new Alienator album, once again obsessed over a Billiam 7", took a stroll through God Park with Glasgow’s Water Machine, found out what Dávila 666 sound like in 2025, and got a brand new all-star Dissidents compilation to benefit the people of Gaza.

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Water Machine: God Park [FatCat]

Water Machine is a Glasgow-based indie rock outfit doing everything they can to light up the receptors in your brain that love pop music. You want beatific backing vocals and harmonies? Jangly-ass guitars? Handclaps and cowbell? You’ll hear all of it in the first track, but the best shit about God Park is how it builds across its run time. Listen to how the bass line that opens “River” buoys these gentle vocals right after the same singer bites your face off on “Hot Real Estate.” This is one of those bands that does so many things well, and somehow, they weave it all together with one cohesive voice. A deeply impressive record.