Head over to Decibel Magazine now to stream the new PLQ MRX track, “Lead Poisoning,” by way of a trippy music video, and read a new interview with vocalist Cleetus Alreetus Alrightus: https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2025/04/01/track-premiere-plq-mrx-lead-poisoning/
From Philadelphia, PLQ MRX puts forth an extremely grimy, sludgy, acid-fried version of punk, in the spirit of Flipper, Butthole Surfers... and Funkadelic. Pounding mid-tempo drums and walls of guitars are peppered with clown samples and detuned trombones in a dizzying blast of noise rock, psychedelia, and gallows humor.
Members are rumored to hail from such bands as Swans, Unsane, Author & Punisher, and Ecstatic Vision.
New EP Cumgitsum drops April 25th on Reptilian Records (US), Totem Cat Records (EU), and Fuzzed and Buzzed (Canada).
Connoisseurs of the dangerous and depraved might recall a Philadelphia band known as Plaque Marks which surfaced initially in 2017, releasing one EP, Anxiety Driven Nervous Worship, and touring the US with Unsane. Stereogum's review of that EP described it as "primitive and feral... smashed-to-shit vocal distortion, gravel-throated bass tone and a couple guitars that sound like they're being picked with glass shards." Like a crazed phoenix rising from those ashes, PLQ MRX picks up where Plaque Marks left off. Amidst the current noise rock boom, exemplified by the ongoing success of Chat Pile and festivals such as Caterwaul, PLQ MRX puts forth a spectacle that pushes the genre into a more theatrical and psychedelic realm.
Pre-order the EP, here:
US: https://reptilianrecords.bandcamp.com/
EU: https://totemcatrecords.bigcartel.com/
Canada: https://fuzzedandbuzzed.com/
Photos by Gene Smirnov
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