Austin post-punk outfit Institute aim for the coarseness evoked by the title of their upcoming Salt EP—just try making out any of this guy’s gloriously mutated vocals, beamed in from the late 1970s schools of UK anarcho-punk and John Lydon. Despite the clangorous reference points, Institute sounds possessed enough to feel present, and the band’s energy gives the sound some new life. That prominent opening bass line is all gloom and doom, but the pace is tight; fans of the first album from Iceage might take note.
«Salt» is colder and more tense than the debut Giddy Boys 7» out earlier this year on Katorga Works (although the songs were all recorded in the same session) and it opens the upcoming Institute release for Sacred Bones. Salt also follows the 2013 Institute demo released by Deranged, and someone in this band plays hardcore in Wiccans, which once counted Parquet Courts’ Andrew Savage as a member.
