Kleveland

Is Rock n Roll dead? Not if Portland, Oregons female-fronted rock explosion Kleveland has anything to say about it. Harder is the follow-up to 2006s self-titled full-length. Line-up changes, tours, many record sessions, and plenty of rock later, Harder delivers push-and-pull guitar-rock that is as abrasive and loud as it is witty and snarling. Harder is melodic vigor, sweet disdain, and unwavering attitude make it the melodic, piss-off rock record of the year, a crushing, spirit-filled romp through tough-as-nails hooks, barbed-wire melodies, and 70s arena glory revisited.