When I finished listening to Hi Apathy for the first time, I went to Brutal Poodle’s bio on Spotify to learn about their background. As the intro track “Skyscraper” punched its way to my eardrums again, I read “envisioned in a parking lot and realized in a claustrophobic jam space,” and realized there was no other way I could describe the infectious punk band that is Brutal Poodle. Consisting of Karmin Poirer, John Johnston, and Dustin Bromley, Brutal Poodle have let their music punch and kick into the Vancouver punk scene with their debut album Hi Apathy. What sticks with me while listening to Hi Apathy are the musical moments that add extra drops of detail and colour the songs on the album. These moments can be long, such as the breakdown in the entire second half of “Psychic War” that ditches lyrics in favour of letting the melodies do all the talking, and they can also be short, like the vocals letting loose on the chorus of “No