New Music Friday – February 2nd, 2024

Welcome to New Music Friday, where we wrap-up all of the releases from the week ranging from metalcore, hardcore, alternative and indie. Give our release calendar a look to see what other releases are coming up. The NMF playlist can be found here or at the bottom of the pag

STAFF PICKS

inthebackground – Monte Christo Romance (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Alex recommends: inthebackground is a fiercely inventive post-rock collective hailing from Riverside, California. Their latest single “Monte Christo Romance” sees the typically instrumental band adding suavely gliding lead vocals courtesy of co-guitarist Jason Crook. Fans of Minus the Bear and Covet will be hooked on this band’s dynamic math rock arrangements and soaring indie rock melodies.

Sunbleached – No Cure For Life (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin recommends: A bright sunbeam in the post-2020 bandscape, we’re highlighting Sunbleached‘s latest “No Cure For Life“. Their blend of Australian gazey-emo features springy guitars and bass romantic vocals, ready to throb your heart to. They couldn’t have picked a better band name for such perky music.

Night Tapes – loner (Single)
Label –
Nettwerk Music Group
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: Following on from “drifting“, Night Tapes deliver gorgeous and atmospheric track “loner“. Dreamy vocals from Iiris Vesik complimented by warm guitar chords make for a listening experience that sinks itself into the soul.

Flight Mode – Thirtysomething (Single)
Label – sound as language
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin recommends: The opener of the freshly released Tøyen, ‘13 is a tender emo track with blushing dynamics and nostalgic tones. This release completes the cycle of EPs (TX, ‘98 and Torshov, ‘05) that Flight Mode have naturally dubbed The Three Times, becoming a fully coherent LP.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Bipolar Architecture – Metaphysicize
Label – Pelagic Records

Enterprise Earth – Death: an Anthology
Label – MNRK

Eonia – Passing
Label – Independent

Litosth – Cesariana
Label – Maicon Ristow

Rotting Yellow – Fountains Beneath Hell
Label – Independent

The Stygian Complex – Suffer With Me
Label – Independent

Utopia – Shame
Label – Independent

20 Seconds Falling Man – Resilience
Label – Independent

Ameonna – Goddess Wept (EP)
Label – Independent

Bloodshot – Absence (EP)
Label – Independent

Ghoul – Noxious Concoctions (EP)
Label – Tankcrimes

Levels – PULSE (EP)
Label – Shaprtone 

DeadVectors & Tyrant – Execute.exe (EP)
Label – Independent

A Knight Under Maria’s Altar – Abyss of Malevolence (feat. Sugar Spine) (Single)
Label – Independent

ARTKILLS – You & I (Single)
Label – Independent

Beauty Is Betrayal – Nu-Reality (Single)
Label – Independent

Dream on Dreamer – G.O.D (Single)
Label – Independent

Inconvenience – ROPE (Single)
Label – Independent

One Morning Left – Emerald Dragon (feat. Jake Luhrs of August Burns Red) (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Skywalker – No Control (Single)
Label – ANKIN Records

Slower – South Of Heaven (Single)
Label – Heavy Psych Sounds

SorrowEater – Golden Mouth Of Ruin (Single)
Label – Independent

Sunspear – Bad Vibe (Single)
Label – Independent

The Halo Effect – Become Surrender (Single)
Label – Nuclear Blast

Then It Ends – Unseen (Single)
Label – Flourish Records

VENUES – Unspoken Words (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Wake Up Hate – FEED THE SICKNESS (feat. Ponchase) (Single)
Label – Dark Harmony Records

Windwaker – Fractured State of Mind (Single)
Label – Fearless Records

Deathnap – Bleed The Same (Single)
Label – Independent

Our Mirage – Farewell (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Outmayr – NPC (Single)
Label – Independent

SETYØURSAILS – Bad Blood (Single)
Label – Napalm Records

A Serpent’s Hand – Stay Away (Single)
Label – A.S.H. Studios

See You Next Tuesday & Frontierer – The Golden Room (Single)
Label – Good Fight Music

Oceans Ate Alaska – Endless Hollow (Single)
Label – Independent

Agriculture – Living Is Easy (Single)
Label – The Flenser

Frail Body – Refrain (Single)
Label – Deathwish Inc.

HARDCORE RELEASES

Gnaw – On Your Mind
Label – Future Sight Records

Intercourse – Egyptian Democracy (EP)
Label – Red Scroll Records

Mindless – Let ‘Em Know (EP)
Label – Then And Now

Night Fever – Dead End (EP)
Label – Svart Records

Overpower – Becoming The Tyrant (EP)
Label – Mercenary Press

PISS ANT – Winter Demo (EP)
Label – In Hollow Records

Vidro – Upp till dans (EP)
Label – Caco de Vidro

ULTRAS – OR ELSE (Single)
Label – Convulse Records

JOKERZ WYLD – EVERYTHING’Z A JOKE (Single)
Label – Independent

Big Deal – Thank You (feat. Strangle You) (Single)
Label – Heroes & Martyrs

Xcelerate – As I Look Around (Single)
Label – Extinction Burst Records

Bayway NJ – Bayway Anthem (Single)
Label – DAZE

Fixed View – Ride (feat. Domain) (Single)
Label – Rest Assured

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Being as an Ocean – Death Can Wait
Label – Out of Line

Brain Cave – Foot Off the Gas
Label – Head2Wall Records

Cower – Celestial Devastation
Label – Human Worth

Flight Mode – The Three Times
Label – Tiny Engines

meth. – SHAME
Label – Prosthetic Records

Reconciler – Art For Our Sake
Label – Smartpunk Records

Sarita Idalia – Life Eternal
Label – Stellar Frequencies

Slope – Freak Dreams
Label – Century Media Records

Banks Arcade – DEATH 2 (EP)
Label – UNFD

Coilguns & Birds in Row – You and I in the Gap (EP)
Label – Humus Records

Drown – Nothing Dies (EP)
Label – Independent

Archers – Say This Sober (feat. Nerv) (Single)
Label – Independent

Blanket – Porcelain (Single)
Label – Church Road Records

Bowling For Soup – Award Show Taylor Swift (Single)
Label – Brando Records

Chaosbay – ARE YOU AFRAID? (Single)
Label – Circular Wave

Crush++ – Like a Fever Dream (Single)
Label – Independent

Deep as Ocean – Dark Place (Single)
Label – Independent

Fifth Dawn – Overused (Single)
Label – Marshmallow Pavement

From Ashes to New – Barely Breathing (feat. Against the Current) (Single)
Label – Better Noise Music

Gallus – Wash Your Wounds (Single)
Label –
Marshall Records

Graysea – Into The Sea (Single0
Label – Independent

If Not for Me – Everything You Wanted (Single)
Label – InVogue Records

Last Hounds – Heart (Single)
Label – Venn Records

LOWBORN – loser (Single)
Label – Independent

Miss Fortune – I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghostwriter (Single)
Label – Apathy Records

RedHook – Scream 2 (Single)
Label – Independent

Royal Tusk – Hated (Single)
Label – MNRK

Seek Harbour – Emotion vs. Motion (Single)
Label – Independent

Sweet Pill – Starchild (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records

WREX – Static Waves (Single)
Label – Favour The Brave

10 Years – Rise (Single)
Label – Mascot Records

BITTER KISSES – Dissolve (Single)
Label – Independent

Hands Like Houses – Better Before (feat. Aaron Gillespie) (Single)
Label – Cooking Vinyl Australia

Normandie – Serotonin (Single)
Label – Easy Life Records

sunbleached – No Cure For Life (Single)
Label – Independent

Fame on Fire – Lovin On Me (Single)
Label – Hopeless Records

Gold Souls – bitter end (Single)
Label – MUSE Records

Paramore – Burning Down the House (Single)
Label – A24 Music

Too Close To Touch – Control (Single)
Label – Epitaph

With Sails Ahead – Swear Words (Single)
Label – Independent

A Burial At Sea – masterfred (Single)
Label – Pelagic Records

Softcult – Shortest Fuse (Single)
Label – Easy Life Records

Silver Fang – Aftermath (Single)
Label – Independent

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES

E_DEATH – My Daughter Will Be The Mother of God
Label – Eternal Life

Anika Pyle – Four Corner (EP)
Label – Independent

Holly Macve – Time Is Forever (EP)
Label –
Loving Memory

isrx – liminal systems (EP)
Label – Independent

8485 – software gore (EP)
Label – Independent 

Bombay Bicycle Club – Willow (feat. Lucy Rose) (Single)
Label – Mmm…Records

Burial – Dreamfear/Boy Sent From Above (Single)
Label – XL Recordings

Emily Mei – Venom (Single)
Label – Warm Water Corp

In Explosions – volatile (Single)
Label – droneshipx

Jasmine Clarke – PrettyGirl (Single)
Label – Independent

Nedaj – grief (Single)
Label – NUMBPROMISES

Daine – SHADES ON (feat. kreayshawn) (Single)
Label –
Warner Music

Kita Alexander – All Night (feat. LAUREL) (Single)
Label – Warner Music

cruush – Headspace (Single)
Label –
Heist or Hit