Listening to this music is an intense emotion that makes your liver vibrate…

The Washington DC hardcore punk veterans, Rise Defy, are back with a blistering EP that begins and ends in a flurry of rapid beat, tough attitude, and sublime musicality.

Hailing from Washington, DC, Rise Defy has released the must-hear, ‘DCxPC Live Vol. 14 Presents Rise Defy Live at the Pie Shop DC’. It is an excellent release that you need to know about this January.

While I dig both tracks on the single, I tend to favor the A side “Shellshocked.” Lyrically it is about how traumatized kids bond with other kids in the punk scene, something I connected with instantly. Punk Rock music was an incredibly important type of music for me growing up at a pivotal age. At the end of the song Davis engages the crowd: “It’s about finding your tribe, which appears to be right here in front of us.”