Plight "Plastic Sun"

Plight’s debut full-length Plastic Sun captures the Brooklyn four-piece at their most fully realized after years of carving a space in New York’s alternative underground. Building from the raw foundation of their 2017 Catharsis demo, the band blends jagged power-pop urgency with shoegaze density and the brooding sway of slowcore. The result is a sound that feels familiar yet distinctly their own.

The album’s first single, “No Outlet,” crashes forward with fuzz-drenched guitars and a driving pulse, channeling the energy of ’90s alt-rock icons like Archers of Loaf and Dinosaur Jr. In sharp contrast, follow-up single “Bedhead” drifts into a softer, more vulnerable register, proving the band’s strength lies in both their volume and their restraint.

Across Plastic Sun, Plight balances immediacy with atmosphere, marrying cathartic hooks to walls of sound and moments of hushed melancholy. It’s a record that nods to the past while pushing into uncharted territory, marking Plight as a band unafraid to stretch the boundaries of their influences and embrace new sonic terrain.