The NYC four-piece are the latest fit into a long lineage of New York's gritty, melodic-meets-punk. 'So Removed' is tethered to daily anxiety without resorting to cynicism. The noisy dissonance of Sonic Youth, the edgy hooks of early Pixies, and the clever, sneering of The Fall simmer as touchstones within the album. It plunges into the void of unknown, a tangle of contemporary dread and optimism, mapping the grey areas of alienation.