REVIEW: PVA - No More Like This

PVA slows it down and leans into the groove

41:52 // January 23, 2026 // It’s All For Fun

A marked left turn for a band known for high-energy dance-floor bangers, PVA’s sophomore outing No More Like This largely relegates their EBM and industrial influences to the shadows. More surprisingly, their absence is hardly felt, as a healthy dose of trip-hop retains their sensuality and knack for disrupting rhythm on a whim. By the time the sweeping, layered opener “Rain” has pattered out, it’s clear that while many bands have slowed down and mellowed out lately, PVA aren’t interested in retreading ground.

Returning with a more precise formula, Ella Harris’s vocals are unquestionably the glue holding the band’s idiosyncrasies together this time around—few singers have nailed her flattened style with so much acid in every syllable. Meshed with Josh Baxter’s haunted synths and Louis Satchell’s ever-shifting percussion, the trio’s dynamism shines through like a beam; even the wonkiest tangents (there are still plenty) sound like three people operating as one mind in the recording studio.

The best tracks here epitomize that sense of total sync: lead single “Enough” skitters through a barrage of beats, synths, and samples that realign on the fly, while the breathtaking “Okay” laces downtempo basslines under every hushed, deadpan syllable before the band opens up into a sublime jam that peters out all too soon around the seven-minute mark. Reining in their wilder sensibilities and tempos, PVA’s latest record does miss out on some of the infectious energy of their debut. Luckily, the music is as alluring and danceable as ever before—just a bit less loud.

8/10