Pool Kids are energy. Raw, sporadic, and indisputably authentic, the four piece group originally hails from Tallahassee, FL. Pool Kids, the band’s masterful self-titled album, fuses fan-favorite math and art rock familiarities with a tide of emotional and technical growth, engulfing the listener in a wave of impassioned indie rock angst. ‘Pool Kids’ is the first studio album to include writing contributions from new additions Nicolette Alvarez and Andy Anaya, seeing the band at their final, most kinetic form. Recorded in Seattle by producer Mike Vernon Davis, the latest LP is more crisp and polished than ever before, blending synth layers with post-hardcore guitar riffs and indie-pop textures with hot-tempered vocals. Lyrically, Pool Kids is about regeneration—from trauma, from heartbreak, and from culture. Vocalist Christine Goodwyne reaches into the murky depths of shared existence, pulling not only from her own struggles, but from the universality of emotion, unifying a genre-less fanbase and demolishing the wall between performer and listener.