Vancouver/Nanaimo three-piece Aversions make clamorous post-punk that is at once cathartic and anxiety-inducing, where the structured womp of post-hardcore shares space with the chilly, subterranean textures of goth to conjure a unique strain of “lush brutality.” 

Empty Century, the band’s fourth release, finds them expanding on 2023’s hard- hitting You Wanted the Bike with songs that run the gamut from straight-ahead goth-rock on “Empty Century” and “Kind Word” to proto-metal, Sabbath-like ballads like “The Cockroach.”

With appearances on Bandcamp’s New and Notable, Spotify editorial playlists such as “All-New Punk” and institutional Canadian outlets such as Exclaim! magazine, Aversions continue solidifying their place within the landscape of certified Canadian rock and roll lifers.