Opinions like this are always subjective, but I think most of us can agree that Modern Life Is War are the greatest hardcore punk band ever to come out of Iowa. MLIW emerged from the small city of Marshalltown in the early ’00s, and their impassioned, electrifying, frantically melodic style took the underground by storm. They released three albums before breaking up in 2008, and then they returned not long afterward with the triumphant 2013 reunion album Fever Hunting. Modern Life Is War have been back together ever since then, but they haven’t released a full LP in twelve years. That’s about to change.
