alt-rock duo featuring melodic sludge. But now the '90s-loving two-piece are ready to enter the major leagues with their first-ever full-length. Following in the footsteps of fellow pop-minded noisemakers Japandroids and No Age, Solids guitarist Xavier Germain-Poitras and drummer Louis Guillemette exchange layers of punishing feedback ("Traces"), Dinosaur Jr.-evoking nostalgia ("Haze Away") and chugging punk rock (Sonic Youth-indebted scorcher "Cold Hands").