Released on April 14th 2019, New York City punk band Jigsaw Youth’s latest single Acidic Child sounds like a musical punch in the face, in the best way possible. The song is frenetic, a punk rock explosion that proves Jigsaw Youth just keeps getting better and better.
Singer and bassist Maria Alvarez screams with Kurt Cobain inspired vocals that sound like gunshots, and the choruses make good use of the band’s signature vocal harmonies that are in no way pretty or poppy or palatable, thank you very much.
Guitarist Nastacha Beck and drummer Alex Dmytrow are tight as hell, with spinning guitar solos and whirlwind drums that call forth their influences across all of punk history that make the track a must-listen for punks who saw the Sex Pistols first play to kids who love Rage Against! and Nirvana.
Jigsaw Youth’s second album intensified their grungey, metal sound, and they continue to do so on Acidic Child, which, with it’s hardcore sensibilities, sounds pre-made for the mosh pit.
The track was a great addition to my day when I first heard it, and only strengthens my opinion that Jigsaw Youth is the answer to less than punk music being called punk nowadays, and is absolutely a necessity to the punk subculture, and deserves to be heard by all.
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