Kevin Bronson on January 2nd, 2019

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Political punk-rock never really goes out of style, because there’s never any shortage of topical matter. The latest to jump into the fray are the new L.A. quartet SP’s, who show ample piss and vinegar on “Rise/Fall,” the title track to their debut EP.

The band is comprised of James Holland, Steve Albertson, Allen Kronenberger and Steve Labate — all veteran hands who met in a beer line in 2016 and who in ensuing meet-ups at Bedrock LA thrashed out some muscular musical accompaniment for their meaty manifestos. Their EP takes on the class divide, toxic masculinity, gun violence, propaganda and various political imbroglios with the fervor of those who refuse to believe that such diatribes constitute screaming into the abyss.

The EP, made with engineer Dylan Ely (The Coathangers, Ministry, … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead) at L.A.’s Portia Street Studio, is out Feb. 15 via Baby Robot Records.

||| Stream: “Rise/Fall”