Pound WI
Hard-edged but hardly hardcore, Pound WI morphed into an entirely different entity after abandoning the stop-start assault they’d inherited from Chicago noise-rock heroes Big Black and Tar. Moodier, and at times, rather metallic, Pound WI embrace the chest-clutching emotionalism long favored by the shy-boy side of indie rock. That won’t please all the noise-rockers, who continue to set great stock in the misanthropic power of sneering put-down and self-involved scream. But, hey, stasis equals creative death. Pound WI engage the listener with plenty of metered angst and crank up the arrhythmic guitars for good measure.
Friend Kyle Fischer of Rainer Maria coined the term “Noisecore Gone Heartache” to describe Pound WI when he put it on a poster for a show the band was playing at his house with Regulator Watts. It seemed kind of fitting so they adopted it. And well.
