Perfect Angel at Heaven

Ferociously catchy–or just plain ferocious? Indiana’s Perfect Angel at Heaven have cleaved off a fine slab of post-punk, with hints of jangle pop and post-hardcore embedded in their debut EP. The dueling strengths at the core of the work are the hard-edged, headknocking muscle they play with and the charming knack for hooks they slather across the EP. Casey Noonan’s soaring, near operatic vocals might be the perfect fodder for sobbing strings, but instead they add an anthemic procession to a gritty, mosh-pit inducing frenzy. This is one of the most deliriously hooky EPs released in recent memory, but isn’t afraid to kick your teeth in. Near perfection in four songs, and enough promise to salivate over. We talked to Perfect Angel at Heaven below.