Sub Pop’s newest (potential) stars. Ebru Yildiz

Guerilla Toss
Famously Alive
(Sub Pop)

What a radical transformation New York City’s Guerilla Toss have undergone over the last decade. Their output from 2013-2014 reveled in electro-punk chaos and No Wave mania, with plenty of tough grooves and unhinged shrieks from frontwoman Kassie Carlson. Albums such as Kicked Back Into the Crypt and Gay Disco merged early Gang of Four‘s angular funk and Six Finger Satellite‘s whiplash clangor with nastily exhilarating results.

The ensuing years have seen Guerilla Toss gradually lessen their abrasive qualities and drift toward something more welcoming. The transition began with 2015’s Flood Dosed, on which Carlson relents on the panic-stricken