Portland emo math-punk superstars Swiss Army Wife grace us with their presence fresh off the release of their brand-new full length, “I Love You, But I Hate it Here”. For all its volume, emotion, and dynamic, the record never tries to grip too tightly, breathing comfortably and finding a deep flow through the shards and sharp edges. The gang talks discovering satisfaction through vulnerability, the virtues of permissible imperfection, multi-wave-poastmodern-emo meaninglessness, and the causation/correlation among their creative output, Mt. Dew, and geopolitical instability.

Music this week:

• “Idaho” by Swiss Army Wife (15:41)
• “Big Bumming’” by Hummus Vacuum (31:33)
• “Cowboy” by Swiss Army Wife (50:23)
• “Sisyphus” by Citrus Jr. (1:08:15)
• “No Such Thing As Ethical Consumption Under Late-Stage Capitalism” by DMH (1:21:43)