Things fall apart. The Centre cannot hold. We are living in times when ordinary citizens are burning in anger, but the government isn't singed. Our leaders are instead sitting on their high horses and trotting along as if everything is hunky-dory. So what does one do in a situation like this? Simple. You press play on city-based punk rock act The Riot Peddlars's new album, pick up a vase with fresh red roses in it, and smash it to the ground before stomping on the petals.

That's the sort of effect that Strength in Dumbers, the record, has on listeners. The music is like a hurricane that swirls in and ransacks your room. Vocalist Arun Singh Ravi screams in the manner of a sergeant at an army camp barking instructions. And the lyrics dish out profanities like a man dressed as Santa Claus handing gifts to a line of children. This isn't music for the faint-hearted. Instead, you need to have a cast-iron disposition to digest it.