John Dwyer has crafted his most overtly political album yet in terms of both its lyrical and musical attack, with his band’s recent linear and pared-down punk style put to enjoyably cutthroat use.

Given this sociopolitical climate, it feels right that Osees have come up with their most overtly political album yet in the form of Abomination Revealed at Last, in terms of its lyrical as well as its musical attack. The relentless LA mob have turned into a relatively conventional punk band over the last five or so years. Following a prog era in the late 2010s—before which they were garage rockers, stoner-metallers, and freak-folkers—Dwyer and his shapeshifting band are currently plowing a particularly linear and pared-down style, one which, this time around, is put to enjoyably cutthroat use. While their 29th studio album isn’t as sparse or caustic as the band’s most “punk” effort to date thus far, 2022’s A Foul Form, these 12 new tracks feature copious sub-two minute ragers paired with visceral, imagistic titles like “God’s Guts” and “Infected Chrome.”