Upright Forms - My Lower Self

Underground lifer Nick Sakes returns with his fifth band, and fourth project to launch via SKiN GRAFT across the past 30-plus years. Upright Forms - the tight-knit Minneapolis trio formed in 2021 with bassist-vocalist Noah Paster and drummer Shaun Westphal, both veterans of various local outfits — feels like the culmination of Sakes' varied and prolific career to date, bringing together the unhinged prog-punk ferocity of Dazzling Killmen and Colossamite with the careening chaos of Xaddax and the shout-along hooks and dynamic songcraft of Sicbay. My Lower Self is skewed yet tuneful, challenging yet compulsively listenable, concise yet brimming with invention.

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