When I reviewed Ex Friends’ Rules For Making Up Words last year, I mentioned that I really liked Audrey Crash‘s vocals, but was “kind of turned off by Joel Tannenbaum‘s delivery>’ Well, here’s the perfect solution: Crash is fronting a band called Pushin’ It 2 The Limit. Their new, self-titled cassette is pretty boss.
Short, punchy tunes that rush along, kind of like a punker Lemuria. The songs have pop hooks and catchy lyrics — “Breaking through Everything with Your Facehammer” is an excellent example of how PI2TL works: lyrics about pushing through, being creatively fulfilled, sang with wobbly harmonies by Crash and guitarist Leta Gray.
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