“Black-and-white is a reliably severe color scheme, and as a metaphor for inflexible radicalism, its stark monochrome is very useful to punk. For Vexx—the Olympia, Wash., foursome whose eponymous 12" demanded a reissue within a year of its 2013 release—"Black/White" opens a new EP, Give & Take, chiseled by chops and conviction. A lumbering, punchy tune, "Black/White" swells and recedes according to”
