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Album Review: Slotface - Try Not To Freak Out

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"The album is fun and full of energy and meaning."

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"Patti Smith would never put up with this shit," Slotface frontwoman Haley Shea sings on the opening track of the Norwegian punk band's debut album, Try Not To Freak Out. From that opening song, Magazine — that deals with body image and the unrealistic standards portrayed in media — to upbeat closer Backyard, the album is fun and full of energy and meaning.

Shea, guitarist Tor-Arne Vikingstad, bassist Lasse Lokoy and drummer Halvard Skeie Wiencke set the bar high for themselves with the success of their EPs, but manage to exceed it with Try Not To Freak Out.