interview: Absolutely
Tune into WMSE’s Local Lunchbox to catch up with local band, Absolutely. Milwaukee’s Absolutely first arrived on the scene in 2011 with their wonderful math-y punk and post-hardcore record, Learns To Love Mistakes in 2011, a tribute of sorts to a scene that had gone before but in which the flame had not quite been snuffed out. Several years and lineup changes later, the band breaks a four-year hiatus for their newest record, Plays Pillory Crown Shyness, which The Shepherd Express describes – “It’s their most immersive album yet, and while it’s less stylistically varied than their debut, the band finds plenty of room to experiment within the confines of the sound they’ve settled on. Opener “Son” builds to a lovely splash of piano, while a sharp melodica cuts through “Pipeline Lament.” And despite the record’s methodical pacing, its payoffs are huge. “Paradigm” is an absolute ripper, and “Cower” closes the record on a note of sheer, unguarded catharsis with one of singer George Ananchev’s rawest performances.”