“For an album called This Mess Is A Place, Seattle band Tacocat have never sounded more polished. Whether that’s a step forward or backward for the group is a matter of personal preference, but time is certainly shaving away the punk outfit’s rougher edges, revealing a shinier, clearer sound. Earlier albums NVM and Lost Time both dealt with feminism by diving into the minutiae of navigating life a”
“The Seattle band’s fourth record, their first for Sub Pop, is forward-thinking pop-punk that successfully—albeit narrowly—manages to dodge the obvious pitfalls.”
