Throughout Attachment Styles, M(h)aol vocalist Róisín Nic Ghearailt is more than blunt, and often, her lyricism is presented through the art of repetition. There’s an intentionality behind the coarse energy flowing in and out of the themes that ultimately bubble over the surface of each track on the Dublin noise-punk band’s sophomore album. Be it monologuing her boredom with men and their brash, toxic behavior, lackluster climax skills, and the trauma they leave behind in their wake on top of the anxieties (or physical pleasures!) of existing within the margins in the current state of our world, Ghearailt’s sharpened, wry writ always finds its way to heal over the frayed circuitboards – a gnarled clash of raw angles, searing rhythm and overheated electronics created by her ‘mates Constance Keane, Jamie Hyland, Zoë Greenway, and Sean Nolan – that eventually find a solid connection. Consider it circulating the kind of mania that only comes from living through the same tired shit daily, but creating a different end result by your own willpower.

Highlights: “Asking for It”, “Nice Guys”, “Period Sex”

M(h)aol’s Attachment Styles will be released February 3rd on TULLE Collective.

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