Glitched out nu metal deep in the feelings, PIPE is the latest alt-rave concoction by Oakland trio Tugboyz (made up of Idhaz Bitar, Einar Birnir, and Brad Lincoln). Clocking at nearly 16 minutes, it’s the closest thing to a full-length album we’ve gotten from the group, screaming a series of dramatic frantic poetry punctuated by sewer level stomps, gooey glistening synths, and evanescent melody lines. Do you have to be a nihilistic teenager in 1990s suburban America to enjoy this? Don’t think so.
