DRUG CHURCH

Hailing from Albany, New York, Drug Church are an aggressive but literate hardcore punk band led by vocalist Patrick Kindlon, who also sings with the group Self Defense Family. While SDF allows Kindlon to explore the more experimental side of his musical ideas, Drug Church falls much closer to the traditional template of punk but with a lean intelligence (with an undercurrent of cynical wit) and sharp focus, with the straightforward attack of their debut EP giving way to a more metal-tinged sound on 2013's Paul Walker and 2015's Hit Your Head.