Musically speaking, Intro5pect was clearly way ahead of the curve. The band formed in the late ’90s to counteract what it saw as the virile spread of commercialization/corporatization in punk. Instead of hammers and sickles, the band wielded a then atypical combination of disparate musical forms. They tossed punk, pop, metal, and electronic music into their blender to yield a mutant strain of aggressive rock.

A decade later, Intro5spect continues its revolution. Scores of bands now cherry-pick different styles to construct something musically new and different. Blame it on the wall-shattering and genre-collapsing effect of the Internet: bands attempt to juxtapose hip-hop, pop, and screamo. Thankfully, Intro5pect doesn’t go that far. Record Profits boasts seven songs that feature electronic beats and pop-punk choruses. Their lyrics read like laypeople versions of the Communist Manifesto or Society of the Spectacle (“Fuck Your Flag”). It’s interesting music for those who can stomach a mash of Atari Teenage Riot and NOFX.

(Geykido Comet Records, PO Box 93324, 
Las Vegas, NV 89193)