Mannequin Pussy operate in extremes. Their self-released debut album, 2013’s GP, was hard and fast punk, 10 songs in under 20 minutes with names like “Pissdrinker” and “Clit Eastwood” and “Meatslave.” It was reissued by Tiny Engines in 2014, and two years later, the label released the band's sophomore album, Romantic. On that LP, Marisa Dabice sang about falling in and out of negative thought patterns and even worse habits, managing to seem both vulnerable and completely terrifying from verse to verse. “I feel so separated from what I thought I’d be and what I am,” she explained on “Denial,” a song designed to sound like the onset of an anxiety attack. On Mannequin Pussy’s new album -- and their Epitaph Records debut -- those duelling personalities fight for the spotlight, resulting in the band’s most technically ambitious and dynamic album to date. Patience is Mannequin Pussy, full-optimized.