“Glitter” opens with a hard-driving bastard of a song. It’s Daufødt’s demand to be reckoned with.

The Oslo band plays punk with a noise rock sound—walloping drums, full power-chord guitars, and raw vocals forced out from deep inside.

The album is Daufødt’s third. The promotional material describes it as more radio-friendly than the first two.

Of the new songs, “Jeg vil bare hjem” tries hardest to make friends. Listen below. Simple, repetitive chords and a swinging backbeat bring out the attitude that sometimes goes missing from the vocals on this album.

But the song I like is “Skjelvet.” The bass, propelled by drums, chews through the dense, dark future while the guitar rings out watchful notes like a lantern casting shadows. The vocal smears glittery mud along the path in case we need to turn around.

The young band takes a grim view of the future and says, "When everything goes to hell, at least you can have a good soundtrack."

We will each reckon with the future in our own way.

The album is set to be released September 13 on Fysisk Format Records.