"Punching Bag is an album about betrayal and isolation. It's about being so heartbroken that you lose yourself. It's about depression and loneliness, anxiety and panic. It's about a hunger so insatiable and unshakeable that a part of you has to completely die in order to move on. I hope it can be a source of comfort for anyone going through a rough patch - because it was built on one."

Shadow Monster guitarist and vocalist Gillian Visco speaks about the Brooklyn duo's new album in big terms - huge statements about the feelings she was figuring out across the record's 7 tracks. Backed by drummer John Swanson, the two channel those emotions through spacious arrangements that ebb and flow, expanding outward over Visco's gritty, desperate vocals and grunge heavy guitar. Propelled forward by Swanson's explosive drumming, the songs on Punching Bag move between the huge scale of the title track and the hammering hooks of songs like "Temporary Love" and "Gimme Some."