Pat & the Pissers “How It’s Done” 2025. Romanus Records, limited (to 50) edition “Nebula” variant. Indianapolis-based snotty, fun, socially aware hardcore punk with dashes of alt-funk/metal. How It’s Done is the Pissers third LP and, I believe, their second full length release on the Romanus label. Some of my top tracks have a very 80’s hardcore sound: the album opener “Overflow” recalls political bands like Reagan Youth; “Big Hit” reminds me of D.I. or Suicidal Tendencies who always leaned their punk toward metal. “Better Off Dead” is a bit of 80’s era Red Hot Chili Peppers (with more punk and less funk). Speaking of funk, “Strong Man” goes full on funk-metal and while not so much funk and way more punk, “Feel It” has a killer ass-shaking jam. They drop the funk completely with some straight up thrash metal on “Backseat Boys” (but danceable!). The last track, “Chump,” is pretty good but goes weirdly shoegazey dream pop. This is a great record overall – we could’ve seen the Pissers play Milwaukee a couple months back, I think, but skipped it because either the weather was shitty, we were too tired or were too busy. Hopefully they’ll be back soon – Indy is only about a 4.5 hour drive so kinda in their backyard.