Now and then, I find my mind wakes into a state of almost relentless hyperactivity, whizzing ever faster and faster, courting inspiration and disaster in equal measure, before inevitably flaming out.  And, it has to be said, that this split album rather nails that very feeling.

‘Scurry down the crowded halls, escape the robber carnival, Knowing this is all my land, Salute to all my sewer fans’ (Rats)

Avowed magpies that they are, Judy And The Jerks continue to draw inspiration from across the hardcore punk spectrum, before honing and reworking these influences into a series of utterly blistering sub-ninety second eruptions.  The evident craft in constructing these furious blasts, is exceeded only by the unadulterated exuberance of the frenetically energetic delivery and the deliciously off-centre take on the increasingly absurd world around us.

On this follow-up to 2022’s Music To Go Nuts, the Hattiesburg band’s ten tracks clock in at under ten minutes, which bearing mind the sheer volume of ideas that they entertain, is hard to countenance.  Highlights include the careering Worth A Shot, the rollicking Mischief Night, and the bass propelled climax to Wolves Of Summer.

‘All the power in one hand, You had the gun, You took your stand, Proud to be the authority, But he was just a guy’ (Just A Guy)

Parma’s Shitty Life draw from the same well as their collaborators.  They emerge as slightly more measured, but no less dynamic counterpoint.  Their more expansive four tacks, the band’s first since their 2023 7-inch Limits To Growth, brim with a similar high velocity intent.  The clean, distortion free guitars joust with a crisply punchy rhythm section, while the raspingly nasal vocals combine to consider police violence, the right to die, and just how stressful everything has become.  The broodingly infectious Your Life, Their Choice and the nervously fevered closer Too Much Stimulation hit home with a particular vigour.