New Music Friday – July 5th, 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 page.

STAFF PICKS

despïa – Clean Streak (Single)
Label –
Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: Delivering a perfect blend between grunge, shoegaze and alternative rock, San Fran unit despïa pluck lamenting chords and reverbed riffs. “Clean Streak” oozes a melancholy that is complimented with brooding vocals, making for a grand a listen.

En Masse – masq (Single)
Label –
itsjustlikeyouwanted
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin recommends: Static Dress meets Thursday on “masq“. High register vocals clinch the coveted 90s feel for an otherwise cutting edge post hardcore track. The three piece keeps everything focused and tight, ending the track at an absolute high with not a moment left spare.

Hereisaropegoodluck – STARTING A FIGHT IN AN EMPTY HOUSE (Single)
Label –
Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: Hereisaropegoodluck make their debut with 97 second rager “STARTING A FIGHT IN AN EMPTY HOUSE“. It’s absolutely feral in its nature, more than hinting at the sheer violence that the unit may be about to unleash on their upcoming record.

Worn Out – Deeper (Single)
Label – Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Nisrin recommends: Worn Out showcase their dive into the aggressive, abrasive, and chaotic elements of their metallic sound on their latest single “Deeper“, while also exploring the atmospheric nuances hinted at in their earlier releases.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Blind Girls – An Exit Exists
Label – Persistent Vision & Secret Voice

Fallujah – The Flesh Prevails (Remastered)
Label – Unique Leader Records

Vultures Above Us – Headspace
Label – Independent

Vulvodynia – Entabeni
Label – Unique Leader Records

Cause for Conflict – Blood Sport (EP)
Label – Conflict Records

Coma Waves – I’ll Live Forever (EP)
Label – Independent

Earthists. – HYPERMETAL (EP)
Label – Independent

Traumatomy – Triumph of Enslavement (EP)
Label – Gore House Productions

concealer – dissonance「all that keeps me away」 (EP)
Label – gauntlet records

hitbox – F0RM3R_H05T4G35.zip (EP)
Label – Independent

Hunt the Dinosaur – Nefarious (EP)
Label – Independent

Acadence – Psyche (Single)
Label – Independent

Aerial – Stillness (Single)
Label – Independent

Aim For The Sunrise – Apostate (Single)
Label – Independent

Beyond the Animus – Parasite (Single)
Label – Andromeda Studios

Dal Av – Shadow’s Crown (feat. Andy Cizek of Monuments) (Single)
Label – Materia Collective

Darknet & DIESECT – DIENET (Single)
Label – Independent

Drøver – Zero Thoughts (Single)
Label – Independent

Engrave – Fallout (Single)
Label – Independent

Ghost Iris – Down Below (Single)
Label – Independent

HELL CAN WAIT – Lessons Learnt (Single)
Label – Independent

Human Deception – Rose (Single)
Label –
Independent

Lacerated – Stabbing the Scissors Inward (feat. Writmeetrazor) (Single)
Label – Independent

Light the Fuse – Spirit Arcade (Single)
Label – Independent

Lowen – The Seed That Dreamed Of Its Own Creation (Single)
Label – Church Road Records

Mayfield – Mistake of God (Single)
Label – Black Sheep Gang

Morose – Watch Me Burn (Single)
Label – Independent

Nail Bite – You Know Who You Are (feat. Traverse the Abyss) (Single)
Label – Vultures Music Company

Never Back Down – The Gallow (Single)
Label – Circular Wave

Our Common Collapse – Weeping (Single)
Label – Independent

Sewn Away – I Don’t Want to Talk About It (Single)
Label – Independent 

Shoot on Sight – Prison (Single)
Label – Independent

I’ll Get By – Glimmer (Single)
Label – Independent

Breakdown of Sanity – Echoes of the Void (Single)
Label – Independent

Dead Harts – A Million Pieces of me (Single)
Label –
Independent

Laceration – Strangled By Hatred (Single)
Label – 20 Buck Spin

Letterbombs – Encased In Rose Quartz (Single)
Label – No Funeral Records

Ravine – Sacred Mother (Single)
Label – Independent 

Identity Error – Ivory Tower (Single)
Label – Independent

HARDCORE RELEASES

Hyacinth – Dedicated to Disappointment (EP)
Label – Day After Records

Hold My Own – Da Trifecta (EP)
Label – DAZE

LIE – L.R.H.C. (EP)
Label – Independent

Reviler – Devastation (EP)
Label –
Upstate Records

truck violence – Violence (EP)
Label – Independent

En Love – Promo (EP)
Label – Delayed Gratification Records

MERC – Names and Addresses (EP)
Label – Spearhafoc Records

Somber & ennui – Split (EP)
Label – Independent

DIVINE IMAGE – Mechanarch (Single)
Label – Independent

Hate9Ten – Karaoke Rage (Single)
Label – Independent

In Other Climes – Army of Heaven (2024) (Single)
Label – Dead Serious Recordings

PHIZ – KAIS MAGICK (Single)
Label – DBNO Records

Show Me the Body – It Burns (Single)
Label – CORPUS

YOKAI – CURSE (feat. PK of Prompts) (Single)
Label – Independent

Yosemite in Black – Warmer Weather (Single)
Label – Terminus Hate City

Life of Pain – Made In America (Single)
Label – Independent 

Grove Street – Divided Kingdom (Single)
Label – UNFD

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Enter Shikari – Dancing on the Front Line
Label – Independent

Million Moons – May Be Some Time
Label – Independent

DeadWax – DeadWax (EP)
Label – Independent

Period Drama – Desire (EP)
Label – Independent

Arinzie & Ends With A Bullet – Heaven’s Call (Single)
Label – Independent

BAND-MAID – Protect You (Single)
Label – PONY CANYON INC.

Dead Like Juliet – Survive (Single)
Label –
Independent

Landon Tewers, Waynewood & JavyDade – Show Up (Single)
Label – Independent

Nowhere to Be Found – Who We Are (Single)
Label – Independent

Pack Rat – Neighbours (Single)
Label – Hosehead Records

Starset – DEGENERATE (Single)
Label – Fearless Records

The Sight of Impact – Thoughts and Prayers (Single)
Label – Independent

The Static Wake – Insane (Single)
Label – Independent

TNL VZN – Lower Lane Sessions (Single)
Label – Independent

THAEIA – Dead Karma Love (Single)
Label – Independent

death_on_impact – The Horns That Hold You (Single)
Label – Independent

Heartline – Pink Lemonade (Single)
Label –
Independent

Lakes – Stitches (Single)
Label – Big Scary Monsters

Scream Mountain – Ricochet (Single)
Label – Independent

Chubby and the Gang – To Be Young (Single)
Label – Flatspot Records

KOTA! – Killin’ It (Single)
Label – Independent 

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES

ALEX – HYPER REALITY
Label – Independent

Fire-Toolz – Breeze
Label – Angel Marcloid Music

Muted Color – take i lovely you
Label – Fever Ltd.

Mazare – The Losers Club (EP)
Label – Monstercat

Aeriu Ika – The Sky Is Falling (Single)
Label – Independent

CYPARISS – CALL XF THE VXID (Single)
Label – nxnameslxft

Geowulf – Something Good (Single)
Label – Nettwerk Music Group

Philine Sonny – Berlin (Single)
Label – Nettwerk Music Group

Trashiii – Morning Glow (Single)
Label – dreamstation

sunbleached – White Lace (Single)
Label – Independent

The Nightmares – Something In The Dark (Single)
Label – Venn Records

aespa – Hot Mess (Single)
Label – Warner Music

DEADLETTER – Relieved (Single)
Label – To So Recordings

Kimbra – Stuff I Don’t Need (feat. BANKS) (Single)
Label – Independent

Crows – Bored (Single)
Label – Bad Vibrations 

kiyu – lost (Single)
Label – Independent