Rock SoundIssue 149The debut album proper from noisy alt-punkers Shapes might only be only 10 tracks in length but it’s a statement of intent that says in just over half an hour what most bands spend a whole career trying to. The band’s spiralling riff-heavy angular attack rock is informed by an obvious love of hardcore that on the likes of ‘Allure A Hore’ and ‘Lipstick Vulture’ translates into epic walls of belligerent artistic sound that recalls anyone from Glassjaw to The Hope Conspiracy to Kill Kenada. A storming start to what should hopefully be a long and fruitful career for these Brummie noiseniks.8/10