Illiterates: Does Not Compute 12″

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The dumbest band in hardcore returns with twelve more rampaging tracks. While Illiterates last record, 2023s No Experts, trimmed their compositions to the bone,Does Not Computewidens the scope just a hair, making room for anthemic mid-paced parts (see Remember When and the epic title track), blazing Straight Ahead-esque crossover rippage (Sustainability), and even a touch of trad youth crew (theCant Close My Eyesinfluences were all overNo Experts, but No One Wants To is pure Revelation Records circa 1988). Illiterates have also added a new guitarist since the last record, which theyre so excited about they wrote a song about it (Hig Champion), though they tastefully limit themselves to just a few eruptions of fret-melting lead licks. And while Illiterates insist theyre dumb, their lyrics are full of wisdom you dont get at the library, like the anti-pretension anthem Read the Room (my favorite lyric: one thing school didnt teach you is how to read the fucking room). Hair-splitting aside,Does Not Computeis another great hardcore record from one of the best bands in the game right now.