Frenzal Rhomb’s tenth studio album, The Cup of Pestilence, covers everything from drug dealers to drug cooks, to actually taking drugs. Really diverse stuff. But is it any good? The answer is a hard no – because it’s better than good – it’s absolutely fucking awesome. This record slaps so hard that it got banned from the Oscars (#SorryNotSorry). Anyway, this album is 19 catchy, fun, and unrelentingly charming songs. The vocal hooks and guitar riffs are all peak Frenzal. I’m calling it early – this is the best album of 2023. The rest of you fucks may as well drop your records in 2024 because 2023 is the year of Frenzal Rhomb (sorry Periphery, I don’t make the rules).

The Cup of Pestilence was recorded at Colorado’s infamous Blasting Room with Bill Stevenson, Jason Livermore, and a bunch of other incredibly talented individuals. Stevenson is famous for producing some of the best punk records of the 21st century, playing drums in Descendents and, in Jay’s own words being ‘a tyrant’. So between presumably beating a good performance out of the band and the collective production talent at The Blasting Room it’s no great surprise that this record sounds as good as it does.