I don’t know who the people behind OpCritical actually are, but their furious debut single "Not My America" hits with the blinding, aggressive clarity of a panic attack on a collapsing bridge. They’ve intentionally kept their identities hidden, claiming the members don't matter, only the message. And that message is absolutely dripping with exhaustion. https://open.spotify.com/album/3oSp8znP2ZplaOlGWAd8XR?si=47c49b602c7c4680 The track is a blistering, skate-punk barrage. Fast-paced, heavily distorted sonic...

Some cultural figures become adjectives before they even finish their careers. To act "Like Liam Gallagher" is to embrace a specific type of glorious, unrepentant arrogance. It is the art of standing completely still while the room around you catches fire, secure in the knowledge that you are the most interesting person present. Lewca understands this mythology perfectly. Following a life-threatening lung infection that forced a...