‘Hello? Hello. It’s nice to meet you.’ opens Problem People’s sophomore LP Nobody Knows amidst a relentless, exhilarating siren drone of fuzzed out guitar, frenetic percussion, and a probing bassline that has come to characterize their sound. The Chicago-based trio of Chris Clark, Michael Petrucelly and Aaron Turney first introduced themselves with their 2016 self-titled debut (which the Chicago Reader felt "should've been an instant classic of Chicago punk") but their return finds the band shapeshifting their heavy melodic rock into the realm of psychedelic drone (“Strange Shape”), brooding dark wave (“Ladder Of Which”) and pummeling hardcore punk (“Nobody Knows”). Nice to meet you, indeed. Inspired by raucous, raspy yet poetic greats like The Replacements, Jawbreaker and Husker Du, Nobody Knows offers several strong, recurring themes amidst the frenetic energy. Both “Delete History” and “Ladder Of Which” contain multiple nods to the division of interpersonal relationships, but also the cross street of the principle lyricist, Clark’s, now former Wicker Park home where the album was written (‘Visions through the window / Division and a widow’). While the lyrics slide from heartbreak (“747”) to newfound love (“New Thing”, “Pale”), the sense of place is firmly rooted in this neighborhood, with multiple references to the classic artist dive, Rainbo Club. The album closer even combines piano recorded at the Harold Washington Library with a phone recording of the bar-room din at Rainbo on Clark’s last night living across the street. Nobody Knows will be released digitally on 7/20 via Tic Tac Totally Records with vinyl release later this year.