Spitting out lean, aggressive punk rock that hovers between the taut misanthropy of hardcore and the minimalistic tunefulness of pogo punk, Personality Cult are a font of high-energy rock action fronted by Ben Carr, a veteran of such bands as Last Year's Men, Paint Fumes, and Natural Causes. Personality Cult functioned as a solo project for Carr on their self-titled 2018 debut album, evolving into a proper band with a stronger collective personality on their second full-length, 2020's New Arrows.
Ben Carr (not to be confused with the dancer/backing vocalist of the same name ...