Bay Dream

Bay Dream

Culture Abuse

Epitaph Records

Two years after the grungy, white knuckle ride that was Peach, Culture Abuse delivers its most accessible, but no less heavy, album yet with, Bay Dream. Though the record comes across as less raw, chaotic and abrasive than any of its previous catalog, Bay Dream still shows hints of the dark, back alley brutality of the band’s previous work even as it comes through a more sunny, smoky filter. More than anything, the new record shows Culture Abuse more than willing to push itself and its sound in new directions while never losing sight of itself and the band’s origins. (Simon Weedn)