Sharp Veins straddles noise and pop in his most direct songs to date. Lead single “Please Stop Talking” is built around an anthemic chorus and a dehydrated motorik beat, like the Dawson’s Creek theme song blasting out of a blown speaker in a pickup cab. With an ultra-relatable refrain of “I wish I’d shut my fucking mouth,” Sharp Veins mines the grubby fidelity of early 00s noise tapes and marries it with a keen pop sensibility.