Photo courtesy of Total AbuseSometimes punk is supposed to be gritty and scary. The music itself can often be made too trendy or palatable by squares, but real bands will still rise to the top with great music. That's what seems to be driving Total Abuse for all this time, who have been putting out records for nine years and keep getting better.Excluded is a record that sounds like the feeling of being not cool enough for punk. Gritty breakdowns and power chords two-step together to gnarled vocals. The excitement in the music can often lead to disassociated pain, the fun beginning of "Watching The Paint Dry" leads into a stretched guitar section that wanders around and feels like you're coming down. It leads into "Jealousy," doubling down on the anger and snarling pain by sounding like a downward spiral into fucking up everything around you. Total Abuse has managed to write a record that structures their sound as cohesively as ever, and in that they bring out more rage as succinctly as possible. Total Abuse can't die.