Album Review: Antarctica by Flat Worms

On their self-titled debut album in 2017, Flat Worms sounded like a band playing fast, loud, and fuzzy garage punk just for the hell of it. They weren't exactly kidding, but given the resumes of the musicians on board (guitarist and leader Will Ivy has played with Dream Boys, Wet Illustrated, and Bridez, bassist Tim Hellman was in Thee Oh Sees, and drummer Justin Sullivan is a member of Babies), they were clearly capable of something more sophisticated, though they also sounded like they were having a blast. Three years later, the second full-length effort from Flat Worms, Antarctica, is the work of a band still playing the same brand of straightforward garage-leaning punk rock, but one that's taking it a bit more seriously.

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Antarctica by Flat Worms Flat Worms, out of LA, has sharpened its attack. The open-ended post-punk drones of the S-T and last year's Into the Iris, have coalesced in a more streamlined aggression. The world falls to pieces over the course of these 11 bleak, blasted songs, but band that chronicles them has turned remorselessly, monstrously tight. When I reviewed their last album for Dusted, for Into the Iris, I approved a "head-nodding, body slamming, surprisingly tuneful catharsis." All still good except for the head-nodding part.

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