Combat Naps- This Was The Face

Madison, Wisconsin’s Combat Naps deliver their new album This Was The Face like a hangover from turn-of-the-'80s college rock scene, channeling Pavement's ramshackle charm and indie scuzz into garagey nuggets that hop between phenomenal piano-led ballads and low-fidelity pop-punk freakouts. Released on Will Anderson’s Poison Rhythm imprint (the same Hotline TNT architect who moonlights with the excellent NBA zine Ass’n Up), it’s a small, scrappy miracle of indie wanderlust.