Bloodstreams

On its debut LP, this punked-up Australian duo makes liberal use of volume and vitriol, but the songs are executed with the impulse that makes you go on the same roller coaster 12 times in a row. DZ Deathrays formed to play house parties, and they say they'll "most likely end at one," too.

A throwback to the golden days of no strings rock and roll.

Australia in the 2010s seems to have time- and space-traveled to New York in the mid- to late '70s, churning out tons of bands carrying the garage and punk flames. Before the halfway mark of 2012, Bleeding Knees Club served up mischievous garage punk and Royal Headache's hooky punk-soul debut arrived stateside -- and with first-time full-length Bloodstreams, DZ Deathrays give their take, a mix of Shane Parsons' buzzsaw guitar riffs and Simon Ridley's fiery dancefloor rhythms.

Bloodstreams is loud. And by loud, I mean noisy. After The White Stripes and Japandroids, you would think one would be desensitized to the idea of so much noise coming from two people.