Wolvesx4 punches out album

from a theme — good, bad, or obnoxious — the punker’s way. “At one point I had the (bad) idea of our first release being called ‘and Wolves,” Woodall explained. The abandoned plot would involve naming their second release “and Wolves and Wolves”; “and then just adding an ‘and Wolves’ to each release after — until it was obnoxious and out of control.”

“But I guess I already achieved that with just the band name,” he admitted, recounting the history of Wolvesx4 — a band Woodall formed in 2009 with his brother, Kyle. Their first EP, “Subtle Serpents,” came out in 2013; with the follow-up “The Cross and The Switchblade” in 2016. But the siblings have been playing music long before that.

“We both got our first guitars at the same time in middle school,” Woodall explained. “I stuck with it — trying to emulate Billie Joe Armstrong — and he moved on to drums. I’m two-and-a-half years older, but he’s years ahead of me talent-wise.”

“It’s been a couple decades and countless bands together,” Woodall continued, looking back at the lineups and downs throughout the years. “Priorities change and it’s something I’ve just gotten used to,” he added of the bandmates that have come and gone. These days, Woodall knows to work with what you have. And they’ve got each other.