Nothing Hurts

Emerging from the fertile DIY rock scene in Dalston, a gentrification-proof London neighbourhood with ample 'lo-fi' bands and turkish restaurants, noise-pop trio Male Bonding plays fast. Nothing Hurts the band's first full-length, gets it done in half an hour, and most songs clock in at around two minutes. But, there's much more to Male Bonding than high-speed, high-impact punk. If you will know their velocity, you will remember their melodies. Every song on Nothing Hurts, whether a clipped, snarling rock anthem (All Things This Way, Crooked Scene,' 'Pumpkin') or something more foggy and contemplative (Franklin, Worse To Come), carries a hook that's immediate and permanent. Nothing Hurts was recorded in the fall of 2009 in New York and mixed and mastered by Pete Lyman at Infrasonic Sound. On Sub Pop.