Never Gonna Die

“I’ve got a time bomb tickin’ in my head,” says Pennywise vocalist Jim Lindberg on the rapid-fire empowerment anthem “Live While You Can.” It’s just one of the many politically urgent tunes on the 12th album from this Southern California punk institution. Nimble and melodic as ever, the band’s longest-running lineup reemerges with their first album of new material in over a decade, including the galloping wake-up call “American Lies,” bass-driven bomber “Won’t Give Up the Fight,” and sample-laden anti-Trump screed “Can’t Save You Now.”