Homegrown Seattle “neon-candy punk-pop” (thank you, music calendar editor Kim Selling) band Tacocat have got it going on. Their latest record and debut on Sub Pop, This Mess Is a Place (which is a brilliant title, by the way), is a bright, tongue-in-cheek, punk, saccharine rumination on These Times We’re Living In, and also life. And while, yes, the political climate keeps getting shittier by the nanosecond, Tacocat know how to heal and charge forward while also making space to party. Be sure to put on “Grains of Salt” before you head out: It’s equal parts punchy and dancey, telling you not to forget to “remember who the fuck you are.” Yeah—Jasmyne!

by Jas Keimig