Slow Riot started making waves in 2016 with their brooding single 'Trophy Wife', which gained the support of Steve Lamacq and saw them compared to the likes of Interpol. The newest effort from the Limerick-based alt-rock band, 'Pink December’, is a post-punk gem drenched in reverb. Tribal drum beats conjure the darkness as that unmistakably 80s chorus-laden bass sound, coined by post punk heroes The Cure, New Order and Siouxsie and the Banshees, comes creeping in. Slow Riot provide a fresh take on the post-punk that we know and love as 'Pink December' slowly builds in intensity to a climactic finish, which feels new and exciting. -HLMX