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Photo by Jacob Boll

Wisconsin band Disq makes a virtue of eclectic musical and lyrical influences to produce a winning combination of youthful cynicism and exuberant idealism. Guitarists Isaac DeBroux-Slone, Logan Severson and Shannon Connor, bassist Raina Bock and Stu Manley on drums share vocal and writing duties and throw plenty of synths, samples and programming into the mix. Imagine a 1990s alternative festival — power pop, alt-country, riot grrrl, emo and maybe some rediscovered veterans from worlds of krautrock and dance punk — and you’re pretty much there. Disq’s take on all this sounds less like a compilation tape than the organic result of five friends with disparate but overlapping tastes coming together to create a communal sound.

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