The arrival of Puck's debut single, "Caricature," feels less like a release and more like a jailbreak. From the opening crackle, this is a song that’s been chewing on its own chains for some time. Galway's five-piece racket-makers have bottled a very specific kind of frenetic energy, the kind you get from too much coffee and staring at a flickering screen until society starts...

“Reavolution” arrives with a clear instruction: look inward, then move. Reaven’s new 11-song Modern Rock album takes a personal idea of change and gives it real public force. The 40-minute, 29-second record presents the band at a bigger, louder and more intense point. Raw energy drives the record, but so does purpose. Reaven wants freedom and transformation to feel active, not distant. Romeo Bassi, Vincent Fernandes,...