Beyond the Wasteland

Brain Police’s Beyond the Wasteland finds the band channeling the crushing riff-heavy swagger of stoner rock through an alternative rock lens on Small Stone Records. Heavy, sludgy guitar work anchors these hard rock compositions, with the kind of grimy production and distorted low-end that made Small Stone a home for underground heaviness. The album sits comfortably between the blues-soaked heaviness of classic stoner and the rawer edges of alternative rock, delivered with the kind of unpolished intensity that defined the label’s roster.