New Music Friday – September 20th, 2024

 STAFF PICKS 

bosses – bosses (Single)
Label –
Independent
(Spotify)

Joe: Duo bosses offer up a gorgeous atomspheric gaze-y sound on their dual singles “Grace” and “Halocline“, the soundscapes built with vocals and guitars sink themselves into the mind, to create something ethereal, emotive and captivating.

IOTA – Rose (Single)
Label –
Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Joe recommends: IOTA serve a cocktail of grunge, shoegaze and 90s punk rock that blend the harshness of Robinson‘s snarled vocals and the reverbed guitar harmonies. With other acts such as Uzumaki starting to break through, it will be sooner rather than later that the Bristol unit do the same.

MERIT – GLASS CROWN (Single)
Label –
Hermitage Recording
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin recommends: MERIT deliver a sledgehammer to the head with their maddening and blistering sound on “GLASS CROWN” that is a grizzled mix of the likes of Helpless and Death Goals, that ensures any listener who passes through is marked by their hardened vocals and riffs.

Stitched – The Human Cost (Single)
Label –
Independent
(Spotify/Apple Music)

Dobbin: Back and heavy as ever, Stitched deliver their beatdown riffs and barked vocals that will have mosh pits swinging and adrenaline coursing through the veins on “The Human Cost“. Bludgeoning riffs and beefy barked vocals make for one of the most pissed listens this week.

METAL/CORE RELEASES

Beartooth – The Surface (Deluxe Edition)
Label – Red Bill Records

Blighted Eye – Agony’s Bespoke
Label – Beyond the Top Records

Coffin Rot – Dreams of the Disturbed
Label – Maggot Stomp

GIVER – The Future Holds Nothing But Confrontation
Label – End Hits Records

Glacial Tomb – Lightless Expanse
Label – Prosthetic Records

Groza – Nadir
Label – AOP Records

Ice Nine Kills – Welcome to Horrorwood
Label – Fearless Records

Illyria – Wanderlust (Instrumental Edition)
Label – Independent

I Prevail – TRUE POWER (EXPANDED)
Label – Fearless Records

Kublai Khan TX – Exhibition of Prowess
Label – Rise Records

My Own Private Alaska – All the Lights On
Label – Independent

Nightwish – Yesterwynde
Label – Nuclear Blast

The Sleeper – Veil
Label – Pennyworth Records

Vended – Vended
Label – Independent

Void of Vision – What I’ll Leave Behind
Label – UNFD

Attack Attack! – Disaster (EP)
Label – xide Records

Kingdom of Giants – Bleeding Star (EP)
Label – Sharptone 

sincerely yours – Acclimate to the Sounds of a Beating Heart (EP)
Label – Independent

Aimless BCN – Traicionado (Single)
Label – Independent

AVRALIZE – upside down (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Backslide – Deep Within Suffering (Single)
Label – Independent

Beauty in a Plastic Bag – Reimagined (Single)
Label – Outlive Records

Bolu2 Death – Rjukan (Single)
Label – B2D Records

Burn Down Eden – Fake News For Breakfast (Single)
Label – Seek & Strike

Citadel – Old Blood (Single)
Label – Limbo Records

cohen_noise – Bruise (Single)
Label – Independent

INDEVTH – SICK (Single)
Label – Independent

Intercessor – Monolith (Single)
Label – Visceral Life Experiences

Seething Akira – Times Change (Single)
Label – Independent

SHIVA – Whispers in the Void (feat. A Night in Texas) (Single)
Label – Narkotix

Spliced – MASK (feat. Tyler Shelton) (Single)
Label – Independent

Traitors – SBC (Single)
Label – Independent

TYRANTS – ROT (Single)
Label – Independent

Veiled – The Sentence (Single)
Label – Seek & Strike

Vicious Rain – Hysteria (Single)
Label – Arising Empire

Voided & BLACK SCUM – Paranoia (Single)
Label – Independent

Arcaeon – Celestial (Single)
Label – Independent

Saltwound – Severance (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE

Shapethrower – Death Dealer (Single)
Label – Independent

The Unending – Catalyst (Single)
Label – Independent

Utsu-P – cold death (Single)
Label – KARENT

Bleeding Through – Dead But So Alive (Single)
Label – SHARPTONE

Nylist – Burn (Single)
Label – Independent

Signs of the Swarm – IWONTLETYOUDIE (Single)
Label – Century Media

HARDCORE RELEASES

Daufødt – Glitter
Label – Fysisk Format

Regional Justice Center – FREEDOM SWEET FREEDOM
Label – Closed Casket Activities

Mystique – Face Your Fate (EP)
Label – Independent

Natural Human Instinct – Second Stage (EP)
Label – Northern Unrest

Body Count – Comfortably Numb (Single)
Label – Sire Records

COMMODITY – All We Have (Single)
Label – Independent

Depravity – Sweet Tooth (Single)
Label – Independent

MOUTH BREAKER – FALSE ALLIES (feat. Sinizter) (Single)
Label – RMANT//SCVMFUX

Negative Frame – Bad Blood (Single)
Label – The Coming Strife Records

SALT – CONSTANT (Single)
Label – Independent

Thirdface – Meander (Single)
Label – Exploding In Sounds Records

POST-HARDCORE/ROCK RELEASES

Alien Nosejob – Turns the Colour of Bad Shit
Label – Anti Fade Records

Bad Neighbour – Millions
Label – Independent

Bearings – The Best Part About Being Human (Deluxe)
Label – Pure Noise Records

Giant Walker – Silhouettes
Label – Church Road Records

Pythies – Disillusion (EP)
Label – Independent

All Regards – FALLBACK (Single)
Label – Independent

ALTERJOY – ren(ai)ssance (feat. Mac Shaye) (Single)
Label – Independent

Asking Alexandria – Where Do We Go from Here? (Fairlane Remix) (Single)
Label – Better Noise Music

Chase Atlantic – DOUBT IT (Single)
Label – Fearless Records

Chidori – For Sure, Chauffeur! (Single)
Label – Independent

Coilguns – The Wind to Wash the Pain (Single)
Label – Hummus Records

Dashboard Confessional & BOYS LIKE GIRLS – Watch the Fire (Single)
Label – Nettwerk Music Group

Drew Thomas – You, Me & Desire (Single)
Label – Independent 

From Fall to Spring – COME ALIVE (Single)
Label – Uncle M Music

From First to Last – REV (Single)
Label – SKELETOR INTL

Grayscale – Let Go (Single)
Label – Independent

Hostile Array – Underneath (Single)
Label – Independent

In Her Own Words – I Think It’s Time (Single)
Label – Thriller Records

Krave – Unalive (Single)
Label – Independent

Lifespark. – So Long (Single)
Label – Independent

lolitslea – Exit Plan (Single)
Label – Head Bitch Music

L.S. Dunes – Fatal Deluxe (Single)
Label – Fantasy Record

Osatia – wonderfuL (Single)
Label – Ghost Killer Entertainment

RedHook – Dr. Frankenstein (feat. Lucas Woodland of Holding Absence) (Single)
Label – Independent

Tally Spear – Sliding Doors (Single)
Label –  Independent

The Throwaway Scene – Honeyface (Making a Scene) (Single)
Label – Independent

Twin Atlantic – I Couldn’t Miss You Much More (Single)
Label – Staple Diet

ENMY – On the Edge (Single)
Label – FiXT

FEVER 333 – MURDERER + NOSEBLEEDS (Single)
Label – Century Media

Half•alive – Sophie’s House (Single)
Label – Independent

Hot Mulligan – Warmer Weather (Single)
Label – Independent

State Champs – Light Blue (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

Drug Church – Slide 2 Me (Single)
Label – Pure Noise Records

TSS – KILLING ME (Single)
Label – Fearless Records

A Burial At Sea – Boss Man Tony With His Big Heart (Single)
Label – Pelagic Records

Some Heard Trouble – Bitter Faith (feat. Alera) (Single)
Label – Independent

High Vis – Drop Me Out (Single)
Label – Dais Records

Lambrini Girls – Company Culture (Single)
Label – City Slang

Origami Angel – Sixth Cents (Get It?) / secondgradefoofight Sixth Cents (Get It?) / secondgradefoofight (Single)
Label – Counter Intuitive Records

Poppy – they’re all around us (Single)
Label – Sumerian Records

SPLIT DOGS – Monster Truck (Single)
Label – Venn Records

The Armed – NEW! Christianity (Single)
Label – Sargent House

ALTERNATIVE/INDIE/SHOEGAZE RELEASES

Alaskan Tapes – Something Ephemeral
Label – Nettwerk Music Group

Kat Von D – My Side of the Mountain
Label – Independent

IST IST – Light A Bigger Fire
Label – Kind Violence Records

adore – disappear (feat. Bibi Babydoll) (Single)
Label – broke

Ava Max – Spot a Fake (Single)
Label – Atlantic Records

Bon Iver – S P E Y S I D E (Single)
Label – Jagjaguwar

Flowerbabe – bitebitebite (Single)
Label – Mr. D’s Magic Records

FlowerBoyDeMii – a world that seems unattainable (Single)
Label – dreamstation

Hell’s Ditch – Emergency Brakes (Single)
Label – Silent Cult

Hurtwave – Satin Sheets | Bliss in Misery (Single)
Label – Independent

IOTA – Rose (Single)
Label – Independent

Kavinsky – Nightcall (feat. Phoenix & Angèle)
Label – Universal Music

Kimbra – Honeycomb (feat. Candy Crush Saga) (Single)
Label – Independent

Lizzy McAlpine – Pushing It Down and Praying (Single)
Label – Indigo Blue/RCA Records

Slayyyter – No Comma (Single)
Label – Independent

slo/tide – Rather Be Blind (Single)
Label – Feltone

Vitesse X – Get In Girls (feat. Pearly Drops)
Label – Music Website

LAUREL – Kissing With The Top Down (Single)
Label – Communion Records

phonewifey – C_DOS CRASHDUMP (Single)
Label – New Dance Craze