It's hard to put my finger on what it is about Naomi Punk that makes me consume their music in a probably unhealthy manner. The songs on their second album, Television Man (out August 5), are so fascinatingly repetitive that playing them over and over feels especially unhinged. Since I had a similar experience with their 2010 debut album, The Feeling (reissued in 2012 on Captured Tracks), I guess it's safe to say I really dig this band. Or I'm insane. Both? Both!

An introduction: Naomi Punk are an Olympia/Seattle trio. Singing and guitar-playing are done by Travis Coster, drumming by Nick Luempert, and other guitar-playing by Neil Gregerson. Their formula isn't really all that complicated: I guess it's more an exercise in how layering and deconstruction can recalibrate what "catchy" might mean (as in, weird music doesn't have to be an unlistenable art project)...

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