‘We’re running in place, addicted to everything, Skin deep, pretty and neat, keep it on the surface, Small talk trivia, we want a shallow experience, Century of self is sprawling and we’re all famished’ (Monument To Pleasure)

Comprising three parts of Majority Rule and vocalist Maha Shami, who as it happens provided guest vocals on Majority Rule’s contribution to their 2002 split with pageninetynine, Washington DC’s Nø Man are back with their third length, Glitter And Spit.  Sonically, the band continue to forge a sound that is rooted in relatively clean, leanly crafted, groove laden hardcore – thunderously resonant basslines and pounding drums lockstep with taut guitars and harshly aggressive, almost blackened, vocals.  There is a powerful clarity of intent in evidence, most vividly, perhaps on the utterly fierce March Of Ides and Can’t Kill Us All.

Lyrically, the album primarily focuses on Maha’s visits home to Palestine, prior to the horrors that have unfolded more recently, and seeing first-hand the dehumanising realities of life for her family, as well as reflecting on her own personal experiences growing up as a refugee from the region.  The album closes with a clean sung cover of Burning Skulls by Lydia Lunch and Rowland Howard that then segues into a haunting instrumental, Damaar.