Photo by Thorne Hood

MSPAINT are more than just titans of hope — they’re divine experimental punk messengers whose sound is supercharged with the power to give us wholly mindful anthems for a timeline where everything else around it feels like it’s going to Hell. An apparition in the form of a burning “Angel” on the lead single from the Hattiesburg band’s extended play follow-up to their breakthrough debut album, Post-American, their spiritual message is sent through a refined pixel-perfect clarity. Synthetic keys glittering against the flames, but also serve to define the underlying muscle mass of rumbling basslines and drums of that greater epiphany burgeoning within. “I feel like the problem / I feel in the way / But I’m staying present / This is just today,” frontman Deedee proclaims in his boom of characteristic certainty. “You’re good enough / There’s no control, just controlling yourself.” Let this be another another sage reminder of thoughts being just thoughts amid the chaos, which MSPAINT are coming to command with ease themselves.

MSPAINT’s No Separation will be released May 23rd on Convulse Records.