I couldn’t find a ton of background on Visual Learner, but I did learn they’re from Minneapolis. Which is something you would just kinda assume when you hear their new album, ‘Greg,’ out now on Salinas Records and Bloated Kat Records.

Across ten scrappy yet surprisingly melodic pop-punk tracks, this four-piece barrels ahead at full speed, often teetering on the edge of collapse but always managing to hang on for dear life. Well, at the end of ‘Cure-All’ – think 80ies hardcore with bassist Morgan Purcell taking the lead on vocals – they actually disintegrate into a big, steaming pile of noise. But I’m pretty confident that was the idea there.

Listening to ‘Greg’ feels a bit like stumbling into a Minneapolis bar in the ’80s and discovering your favorite new local band. I have no idea who Greg is (unless it’s a Hüsker Dü nod?). But if my name were slapped across this record, I’d feel pretty damn good about it.

Greg track listing:

1. Last Channel (Four Of Your’s)
2. Columns
3. In A Snare
4. Bullet Proof
5. Broke
6. Factual Heckler
7. Cure-All
8. Runaround 
9. THEMCHARMINGHAMMS
10. Barely There