Highly recommended. Big fans of VIDEO here at Strangeworld (read below). "The fiery noise-punk of Pyrex has always entertained me, though I’ve found myself wondering what’s actually on the minds of this Brooklyn-based trio. Their vibe was always kind of like Metz – that is to say, vague – but at least on Body, their second Total Punk full-length, I’ve learned that they have been thinking about their bodies a bit. It’s a loose theme running through these songs, from “Protein” (“it’s absolute / and that’s all we eat”) to their eyeballs (“Cones”), insides (“Nerve Ends”, “Vertebrae”), reflexes (“Reflex”) and sleep (“Coma”). The blazing opener “Face Off” even fits the subject in some unclear way – how else to interpret the lines “I need the blood / give me the blood”? Maybe they’re accredited scientists, maybe they’re obsessed with their horrific bodies in the same manner as Pharmakon, maybe they’re getting old and feeling it, maybe it’s all a coincidence, but it’s nice to get some further grasp on what these guys feel compelled to play their loud music about. The songs are sharpened here too: “Vertebrae” reminds me of the dearly-missed Video (their Leather Leather is considered a modern classic around these parts), and Pyrex mix it up nicely between sounding like a garage band covering crusty hardcore and a hardcore band covering post-punk. It’s heat-resistant, time-tested stuff, unlike their shoddy imitator, Tupperware." - YGR Some words written about their debut LP "...driving, scrappy hardcore-leaning post-punk that sounds like a mix between a lost KBD artifact and an Eastern European post-punk unknown. This LP explores dystopic and nihilistic themes both lyrically and musically packaged in no-brainer high energy punk. Pyrex delivers distorted, angular and heavily entwined bass and guitar hooks strengthened by linear, pummeling drums with raw, aggressive vocals. The trio have created an LP that is equally unchained and artful."
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