REGULATE Vinyl & CDs

Review: Long Island, New York straight edge hardcore mob, Regulate, make their much-anticipated return on this self-titled sophomore effort. Ten blistering tracks, cataloguing the increasing frustrations with the world that have developed since the band's 2018 debut In The Promise Of Another Tomorrow. From police brutality and institutionalised racism on venomous cuts, 'The Crime', and, 'C.O.P', to colonialism and oppression on the breakneck pace of, 'You & I'; these sobering pieces brim with seething fury yet several tracks like the anthemic and ludicrously catchy, 'Hair', veer into a newfound melodic territory that hints at intriguing dynamics for the future ahead. Easily, one of the most integral and essential hardcore projects of the year.