If it wasn't already obvious based on lead single "Texas," Austin Band To Watch Font have completely transformed their sound for sophomore album American Bully XL. Whereas Font's debut Strange Burden could loosely be described as dance-punk, I compared "Texas" to fellow Austin band Hovvdy's gauzy indie-pop. Now comes a second single, which pushes further into new sonic territory.
"Punish Task" is a clattering, surreal electronic pop track with an aesthetic I'd describe as both post-hyperpop and post-rage rap. Frontman (Fontman?) Thom Waddill says it's "about the relationship between dark and light, rage and euphoria. It’s about betrayal and grief and feeling condemned to forever pick at a bleeding scab. The angry dark underside of nostalgia’s fake coin."
Listen below.
American Bully XL is out 11/13 via Acrophase. Pre-order it here.
