26. Cloud Nothings, 'Attack on Memory'

Graduating from the catchy pop punk of their eponymous 2011 LP, singer Dylan Baldi and co. return with Attack on Memory, a pummeling onslaught of angry and lonely punk anthems and post-hardcore. Backed by a raucous rhythm section, driving guitars, and Steve Albini's revered production, Attack on Memory is 33 minutes of distortion, discordance and urgency for the aging punk in all of us. -- Theo Bark