Furious five-piece Waxed has been curating Music City circle pits in some form or fashion for about a decade, but Give Up is their first proper album. It’s the sort of full-blown crossover thrash you’d hear blasting from a boombox on the top of your half pipe — complete with divebombs, screaming solos and ridiculous song titles like “Green Eggs and Slam.” Give Up, available on cassette via Another Riff Raff as well as on streaming services, is everything you need from thrash metal and hardcore punk, 50-50 grinding the fine line between boisterous and blistering.
