Album Review: Visitor by Empath

Noise as an agent of unmitigated joy sure is an underrated thing. This notion seems implicit in Empath's flamboyant, sparkling punk rock anthems; this is a band that makes you want to charge a carnival on a sugar bender. It's celebratory music that frequently plunges into full-on dementia: frantic, fragmented rhythmic bursts and bright-colored guitar stabs give the impression of failing the same damn Rainbow Road stage over and over, but still having a golly old time fucking up.

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