The Pack a.d. “Unpersons” 2011. Limited 10 Year Anniversary edition on “Haunted” glow-in-the-dark green vinyl (2022). Mint Records. Ripping, ass-kicking garage punk from Canadian duo Becky Black (guitar/vocals) and Maya Miller (drums). Unpersons is The Pack  a.d.’s fourth LP and probably one of my favorites. I don’t know what is in the atmosphere these past several days but this is another pull that I realized, after choosing it, was produced by Jim Diamond (Dirtbombs bassist, production for White Stripes, etc.) More l0-fi and raw than their later releases – I’d say angrier, too, but most of their stuff has a decidedly pissed-off edge. From an article on Exclaim “In a career defined by loud, grimy garage albums, the Pack a.d.’s 2011 release Unpersons just might be the loudest and grimiest of the bunch.” Unpersons opens with the banger “Sirens” which should have been a hit; it’s soooo good.  The super-short “8” is another favorite, hitting hard and fast. “Positronic” is weird, ass-shaking and thrashing all at once. From the Exclaim article: Maya Miller “One of my favourite recording moments was creating the intro to ‘Positronic.’ I recorded my voice through a shitty little toy voice changer while Becky tweaked around on her guitar and Jim played around distorting it on a guitar pedal.” “Cardinal Rule” is buzzed, fuzzed and super-snotty. And “Ride” has such a wall of crashing sound it’s mind-bending to know it’s just the two of them making this much noise. The Pack a.d. do slow down occasionally (but remain pissed!) like on the more garage-blues “Seasick” and the slinky-speed/loud-quiet-loud “Take.”