At the tail end of last year, Berlin’s GLAAS released a colossal self-titled demo EP, introducing the world to their brand of hardcore influenced post-punk, pairing brutality with nightlife scuzz. The quintet, which features members of Clock of Time, Exit Group, and Idiota Civlizzatto, among others, returned this month with Qualm, their full length debut via Static Shock Records (Warthog, Lasso, The Flex). The record is dense and corrosive, a sonic assault pushed into the red but lead by the heavy clamor of the rhythm section and a guttural dirge of harsh barked synth punk and oft motorik hardcore. Throughout Qualm, the band keep the aggression at the forefront, but there’s an inescapable nod to psychedelic side, as the band slide and careen from one dark shadow to the next. Led by a thick cloud of feedback and locked in grooves, the band peel the paint from the walls with a disorienting framework and a healthy societal disdain.