The �dumbest band in hardcore� returns with twelve more rampaging tracks. While Illiterates� last record, 2023�s No Experts, trimmed their compositions to the bone, Does Not Compute widens the scope just a hair, making room for anthemic mid-paced parts (see �Remember When� and the epic title track), blazing Straight Ahead-esque crossover rippage (�Sustainability�), and even a touch of trad youth crew (the Can�t Close My Eyes influences were all over No Experts, but �No One Wants To� is pure Revelation Records circa 1988). Illiterates have also added a new guitarist since the last record, which they�re so excited about they wrote a song about it (�Hig Champion�), though they tastefully limit themselves to just a few eruptions of fret-melting lead licks. And while Illiterates insist they�re dumb, their lyrics are full of wisdom you don�t get at the library, like the anti-pretension anthem �Read the Room� (my favorite lyric: �one thing school didn�t teach you is how to read the fucking room�). Hair-splitting aside, Does Not Compute is another great hardcore record from one of the best bands in the game right now.
The �dumbest band in hardcore� returns with twelve more rampaging tracks. While Illiterates� last record, 2023�s No Experts, trimmed their compositions to the bone, Does Not Compute widens the scope just a hair, making room for anthemic mid-paced parts (see �Remember When� and the epic title track), blazing Straight Ahead-esque crossover rippage (�Sustainability�), and even a touch of trad youth crew (the Can�t Close My Eyes influences were all over No Experts, but �No One Wants To� is pure Revelation Records circa 1988). Illiterates have also added a new guitarist since the last record, which they�re so excited about they wrote a song about it (�Hig Champion�), though they tastefully limit themselves to just a few eruptions of fret-melting lead licks. And while Illiterates insist they�re dumb, their lyrics are full of wisdom you don�t get at the library, like the anti-pretension anthem �Read the Room� (my favorite lyric: �one thing school didn�t teach you is how to read the fucking room�). Hair-splitting aside, Does Not Compute is another great hardcore record from one of the best bands in the game right now.
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