Radioactivity “Time Won’t Bring Me Down” 2025, released just over a week ago on Dirtnap Records, limited edition green vinyl (Green Noise Records variant). The punky power-pop band’s third LP (and third release on Dirtnap). We caught Radioactivity a couple of months ago at Dirtnap Fest, where they headlined the first night of the three-day event. Very high energy and slightly snotty live, their new album is too – it’s tight and snappy, with that Dirtnap sound (melodic punk with sass). Since I hadn’t heard the record when we saw them perform, I have no idea which tracks they may have played (pretty sure they played at least a few). My top songs from Time Won’t Bring Me Down include the title track and LP opener “Time Won’t Bring Me Down,” the punk-forward fast-paced “Why” and the slightly swampy “Ignorance is Bliss.” Radioactivity released “Analog Ways” as a single, I think a day or two before the album’s release and it’s mellow, comparatively speaking, to the rest of their sound. Yusuke Okada from Lost Balloons guest stars on the track, as does Orville Neeley from fellow Dirtnap Band Bad Sports. Also mellow-ish is the song immediately after “Analog Ways;” “Shell” has notes of folk-punk with acoustic (or at least acoustic-sounding) guitar that then morphs into some buzzy spaced-out effects. (It’s really good).