Potty Mouth Hell Bent

Some of the best rock music of the moment is being performed in living rooms. There’s a thriving DIY punk scene with hotspots all over the country that operates independent of professionally booked music venues or bars. One of them is “The Spins” by Northampton, Mass., punk band Potty Mouth. Abby Weems, Ally Einbinder, Phoebe Harris and Victoria Mandanas channel early Dinosaur Jr. (incidentally, one of their neighbors) and Black Tambourine on this coarse but catchy single, the first taste of a debut full-length, Hell Bent, that’s due out in September. I can’t get Harris’ opening guitar hook or Weems’ all-too-true chorus (“It’s hard to say no / It’s hard to say no”) out of my head.

1. "The Gap"
2. "Rusted Shut"
3. "Black and Studs"
4. "SleepTalk"
5. "The Spins"
6. "Damage"
7. "Wishlist"
8. "Bullseye"
9. "Shithead"
10. "The Better End"