Wolves Like Us has followed in the footsteps of their fellow Norwegians Kvelertak by being able to spin together hardcore punk and straight-up rock-and-roll (minus the vicious screams) in a unique and entertaining way. “Dark rock” perhaps. The band’s debut album Late Love, delivers up ten tracks of raw intensity.

“Burns Like a Paper Rose” wastes no time on an entrance, but thrusts straight into an interesting melody backed by a relentless drumbeat. It’s got a very bluesy vibe, accentuated heavily by the vocals. “Deathless” continued on the same vein with a few interesting drum fills, but the whole thing explodes in “Sin After Sin”, with a frantic drum roll into a keyboard-built wall of sound that brings back fond memories of The Ocean.

Special emphasis must be put upon “Shiver in the Heat” for including what could only be described as a pop sensibility amongst their grunge aesthetic. The song is by far the catchiest off of the album, regardless of the furious and close-to-irritating use of snare throughout as a metronome. The penultimate track “My Enemy” leans more towards a traditional rock and roll format, a nice break in the album before heading into the epic finale of “To Whore The Foreign Gods”, a dark, brooding track that drips with tension throughout before introducing the only actual screams to be featured.

Wolves Like Us has created an interesting and extremely entertaining hybrid with Late Love, as well as a lot of intrigue into what they could possibly do to kick it into overdrive on the next album.

Final Words: Norwegian rock that does not disappoint, keep an eye out for this band.