The debut album by Chicago group Stuck is pretty much everything you could hope for and a massive leap in sophistication over their already rock solid debut EP. Just like back then, Stuck still have no intention of reinventing the postcore wheel, but instead exhibit a thorough understanding of their genre's ins and outs and the skillful usage of its grammar and vocabulary to quite thrilling effect. While there's undeniably some influence of their hometown scene of yesteryear - as well as the obligatory traces of 90s Washington - their sound mostly reminds me of current acts such as USA Nails and even more of the recent wave of australian bands like Batpiss, Bench Press and Noughts.
