New Music Friday: 25th June 2021

All the metalcore, post-hardcore and alternative rock releases this week plus more, along with recommendations from our staff.

Lotus Eater – Obliterate (Feat. Oli Sykes)
Label: Hopeless Records
Genre: Nu-Metalcore
(Spotify/Apple Music/Bandcamp)

Joe recommends: Lotus Eater have delivered a song that more than lives up to its name. A unique use of the Oli Sykes feature and the vocal delivery of Paul Collins makes for a track that will as the lyrics say, obliterate your consciousness.

Thy Catafalque – Vadak
Label: Season of Mist
Genre: Avant-Garde Metal
(Spotify/Apple Music/Bandcamp)

Dhairya recommends: Thy Catafalque’s 10th studio album Vadak raises an already high bar higher with avant garde bliss combining catchy electronics, riffs and saxophones into one of the best albums of the year.

Tyler, The Creator – CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
Label: Columbia Records
Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Max recommends: Yet another fantastic outing from Tyler, The Creator. His growth as an artist over the past five years has been fascinating to behold, and I feel that CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST, far more than Flower Boy or Igor, feels like a natural convergence of his older hardcore hip-hop style, and his newer, more heart-on-the-sleeve melodic rap style. A surprisingly dense album for something so long, too!

Faye Webster – I Know I’m Funny haha
Label: Secretly Canadian
Genre: Pop Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop
(Spotify/Apple Music/Bandcamp)

Ewan recommends: Atlanta singer/songwriter Faye Webster’s fourth effort sees her craft another wry and poised track, with the title track from the LP I Know I’m Funny Haha coming across like a bitter grin in the face of a bad situation.

Light The Torch – You Will Be the Death of Me
Label: Nuclear Blast
Genre: Metalcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Withered – Verloren
Label: Season of Mist Underground Activists
Genre: Death Metal, Grindcore
(Spotify/Apple Music/Bandcamp)

Beartooth – Below
Label: Red Bull Records
Genre: Metalcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Buckcherry – Hellbound
Label: Round Hill Records
Genre: Hard Rock
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Modest Mouse – The Golden Casket
Label: Epic Records
Genre: Indie Rock
(Spotify/Apple Music)

The Mountain Goats – Dark in Here
Label: Merge Records
Genre: Alternative Rock
(Spotify/Apple Music/Bandcamp)

Free Throw – Piecing It Together
Label: Triple Crown Records
Genre: Midwest Emo, Pop Punk
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Mother Mother – Inside
Label: WM Canada
Genre: Indie Rock
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Sullivan King – LOUD
Label: EDM, Metal
Genre: Hopeless Records
(Spotify/Apple Music/Bandcamp)

ISLAND – Yesterday Park
Label: Frenchkiss Records
Genre: Alternative Rock
(Spotify/Apple Music/Bandcamp)

Lucy Dacus – Home Video
Label: Matador
Genre: Indie Folk
(Spotify/Apple Music/Bandcamp)

Squirrel Flower – Planet (i)
Label: Polyvinyl Records
Genre: Indie Rock
(Spotify/Apple Music/Bandcamp)

Lightning Bug – A Color of the Sky
Label: Fat Possum
Genre: Folk, Dream Pop
(Spotify/Apple Music/Bandcamp)

Five AM – Shallow
Label: We Are Triumphant
Genre: Alternative Rock
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Keuning – A Mild Case of Everything
Label: Pretty Faithful Records
Genre: Alternative Rock
(Spotify/Apple Music/Bandcamp)

The Veronicas – HUMAN
Label: Sony Music Entertainment
Genre: Pop
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Olivia Kaplan – Tonight Turns to Nothing
Label: Topshelf Records
Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Pop
(Spotify/Apple Music/Bandcamp)

ExitWounds – Heaven Is Empty (Hell Is In My Mind) (EP)
Label: Seek & Strike
Genre: Metalcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Within Temptation – Shed My Skin (EP)
Label: Universal Music
Genre: Metal
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Orchards – Kill the Pain (EP)
Label: Orchards LLC
Genre: Alternative Metal, Nu-Metal
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Drug Church – Tawny (EP)
Label: Pure Noise Records
Genre: Post-Hardcore
(Spotify/Apple Music/Bandcamp)

beabadoobee – Our Extended Play (EP)
Label: Dirty Hit
Genre: Alternative Rock
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Amenra – De Doorn
Label: Relapse Records
Genre: Post-Metal
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Apate – Rage (EP)
Label: Human Warfare
Genre: Metalcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)

From Ashes To New – Quarantine Chronicles Vol. 1 (EP)
Label: Better Noise Music
Genre: Nu-Metal
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Make Them Suffer – Contraband (Feat. Courtney LaPlante) (Single)
Label: UNFD
Genre: Metalcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Employed To Serve – Exist (Single)
Label: Spinefarm Records UK
Genre: Metalcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Cherry – Call Me By My Name (Single)
Label: N/A
Genre: Alt. Rock
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Between The Buried And Me – Fix The Error (Single)
Label: Sumerian Records
Genre: Progressive Metal
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Caskets – The Only Ones (Single)
Label: Sharptone Records
Genre: Post-Hardcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Fox Lake – Born 2 Lose (Single)
Label: Modern Empire Music
Genre: Rapcore, Metalcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Against The Current – again&again (Single)
Label: Fueled By Ramen
Genre: Alternative Rock
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Blueshift – Phantasma (Single)
Label: N/A
Genre: Post-Hardcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Chase Atlantic – OHMAMI (Single)
Label: Fearless Records
Genre: Alt. Pop
(Spotify/Apple Music)

I Met a Yeti – Opulence (feat. Pulses.) (Single)
Label: N/A
Genre: Post-Hardcore
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Meet Me @ The Altar – Feel A Thing (Single)
Label: Fueled By Ramen
Genre: Pop Punk, Easycore
(Spotify/Apple Music)