José Diaz is not a slacker and his band, Neighbors, not to be confused with others who have tried to claim that name, gives a f**k. Their first LP, Would You Please Be Quiet, Please?, follows several CD-Rs, cassettes, and a lost 10" EP and serves as definitive proof of these facts. It marks Neighbors' transformation from Pacific Northwest DIY scrap-pop mainstays into an all-cylinders American guitar band defined by weighty words and effortless melodies - not unlike East Coast contemporaries Speedy Ortiz, Swearin', and Parquet Courts, among others - and documents this to better effect than ever before.

The album picks up where last year's Power Country tour cassette left off. Diaz faces head-on competition from all directions, a world populated by sexist jerks, the moment free drinks turn into expensive ones, and all-encompassing, inescapable American sprawl. A year spent playing tons of shows, producing and mixing records for Chastity ...