PINPRICK PUNISHMENT are like a beautiful parasitic-mutation of early SST heavy hitters (Black Flag and Saccharine Trust) and the Sam McPheeters lineage of HC: specifically Wrangler Brutes

Jones makes each passage as personal as the last as he dexterously imbues every note with precise emotion

” —Henry Rollins (excerpt from the liner notes)

But life does go on

LIA KOHL & ZANDER RAYMOND – In Transit LP Postpunk PINPRICK PUNISHMENT are like aIn Transit by the duo Lia Kohl & Zander Raymond (Chicago) is built around a collection of field recordings made in spaces of transit bus stops, train stations, taxisblended with the accordion and modular synthesizers textures of Zander Raymond, and the cello and synthesizers of Lia Kohl. The record features eight instrumental tracks, composed from these raw captures of transient zones, harmonized and enriched with musical treatments and arrangements.