Iron Chic III – You Can't Stay Here (CD)

Long Island's Iron Chic built their reputation on hook-laden punk that hits harder emotionally than it does sonically, and *You Can't Stay Here* finds the band at their most refined. Their third full-length for Side One Dummy captures a group that's been playing together long enough to make complexity sound effortless, with the kind of anthemic, rough-edged songs that feel written for singing along at small venues with people who mean it.