Glean "Worlds Apart"

12" EP - $16.60
STREET DATE: 12/12/25
CAT#: SDR-147
LABEL: Sunday Drive

With a foundation of San Diego’s punk influences from Drive Like Jehu, Blink-182, Heroin and others, a band like Glean naturally have a sense of melody. Formed in 2019 by four kids (now young adults), the band blends that melodic instinct with their love of punk and hardcore, crafting energetic, emotional, and catchy songs in the vein of Seaweed, Samiam, Jawbreaker, Lifetime, and Title Fight.

“Worlds Apart” is Glean’s first album in years and their debut on Sunday Drive Records. It feels like the record they’ve been building toward since their 2020 demo. Now with a refreshed lineup, the production of Max Epstein (Photographic Memory), and mastering by Phillip Odom (Militarie Gun, Glare, Ivy League TX), Glean have been able to write some of their catchiest songs yet. On lead single “Sediment,” Boucher and Barkley trade vocals over scratchy guitars that build up to the line, “I can feel you fall beneath the sediment.” That same energy flows into “Receive You,” featuring guest vocals from longtime friend Sam Allen (Anxious, G.I. Bill). Glean also pulls back on the track, “Exit Wound” that sounds much more quiet and intimate, almost like a lost Mineral or Texas is the Reason song.

“Worlds Apart” is sonically abrasive, while still carrying melody, poetic lyrics and tons of emotions.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Sediment
02. Receive You
03. Vacant
04. No One
05. Exit Wound
06. Face to Face

MARKETING POINTS:

• Featuring Sam Allen (Anxious) on "Receive You"

FOR FANS OF:
Title Fight, Jawbreaker, Lifetime

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fawn "Paper Thin"

LP - $16.60
STREET DATE: 11/21/25
CAT#: SDR-148
LABEL: Sunday Drive

Hailing from San Antonio/Austin, Texas Fawn has stood out in the Texas scene with their noisy and atmospheric performances, joining alongside a mix from supporting touring artists to a local hardcore show. Singer and composer, Trevor Humphreys’ vocal melodies softly carry the songs gracefully, with driving rhythms from drummer, Jes Morales, bassist, Olivia Jacome, and guitarist Giovannis Campos.

“Paper Thin” marks Fawn’s first proper release on Sunday Drive Records and their first full project since 2022’s self-titled EP. While the record stays true to the band’s established sound, these four tracks feel both expansive and stripped down, layered yet effortlessly composed. Each song runs just past the four-minute mark, but doesn’t feel like it, because of the memorable melodies and guitar leads that can easily get stuck in your head.

With “Paper Thin”, Fawn continues to set themselves apart and further solidifies their place in Texas’ thriving alternative-rock scene.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Paper Thin
02. Hill
03. You’ll Find Out
04. Fleeting Sun

MARKETING POINTS:

• Summer tour with Leaving Time and Keep
• Fall tour TBA

FOR FANS OF:
My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive

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Ritual "Your Touch"

7" - $8.00
STREET DATE: 11/21/25
CAT#: SDR-146
LABEL: Sunday Drive

The lines “Your Touch sets me free” and “Go ahead and let me down” are simple, yet vivid—two emotions pulling in opposite directions. This is what Ritual does best: creating a dynamic of feelings backed by the sounds of driving and melodic alternative-rock.

“Your Touch” is their first new release since Closing In dropped in 2023. Since then, they’ve been busy playing show after show and becoming a staple in Austin’s music scene.

These new songs stretch further than anything they’ve done before. They’re softer in places, heavier in other and layered with vast tones to create the most Ritual sounding songs yet.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Your Touch
02. Drag

MARKETING POINTS:

• High-gloss UV varnish jackets

FOR FANS OF:
Helmet, Chevelle, Narrow Head

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Negative Blast "Destroy Myself For Fun"

LP - $17.25
STREET DATE: 11/14/25
CAT#: 31G157
LABEL: Three One G

Negative Blast formed in San Diego during the depths of the pandemic when longtime buds Rainier Pesebre (vocals) and Alexander Jacobelli (guitar) began trading riffs and ideas in isolation. Jacobelli and bassist Patrick Callaway were touring buddies in their respective bands Lewd Acts and Hour of the Wolf during the early 2000s hardcore punk renaissance. Within two weeks of Rain and Alex jamming ideas, Pat relocated from Chicago to San Diego, cementing the songwriting core of the band.

Jacobelli, who operates Sunsick Studio in La Mesa, engineered and mixed the band’s early recordings, allowing Negative Blast to develop and release material quickly. Their first EP, The First Four Months, was followed by DEMO 002. Initial shows featured Sam Rich (Del Vipers, Riverboat Gamblers) on drums before the group began work on their first LP, Echo Planet, released through Quiet Panic Records.

Midway through the record, Callaway reached out to Mario Rubalcaba (Earthless, Hot Snakes, Rocket From the Crypt), who joined on drums. With Rubalcaba, the band released a split with LA hardcore act SWEAT via Vitriol Records. In 2025, drummer Hunter Martinez (Decent Criminal, Human Issue) stepped in as a permanent member. His energy is captured on the band’s 2025 full-length, Destroy Myself For Fun. Negative Blast’s live résumé includes sharing stages with Botch, Unsane, Deaf Club, The Bled, Finch, Darkest Hour, Swing Kids, Clikatat Ikatowi, Lower Class Brats, The Bronx, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Loma Prieta, City of Caterpillar, High Vis, and 7 Seconds, among others.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Fireplay
02. Missinglink
03. Mac Dawg
04. Nuwage
05. Futurerock
06. I’m in Love
07. Infested
08. Denial

FOR FANS OF:
Hot Snakes, Swing Kids, Some Girls

Marketing Points:

• Pressed on limited color vinyl

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Secret World "Tomorrow Is A Mystery To Me"

LP - $17.25
STREET DATE: 11/07/25
CAT#: SDR-144
LABEL: Sunday Drive

Secret World deliver hearty, hardcore rock ‘n’ roll with an earnest charm. Comprised of friends who connected through the Sydney and Newcastle hardcore scenes, Secret World members played in other bands like SPEED, Trophy Eyes and Downside before forming the group in 2023; soon releasing their highly-praised EP Guilt Is Good in 2024, led by the anthemic single ‘Living Less’. Now, Secret World are on the verge of releasing their second EP Tomorrow Is A Mystery To Me.

Arriving on September 19 via Last Ride Records (AU/NZ), Sunday Drive Records (USA) and Ice Grills (JP), Tomorrow Is A Mystery To Me builds upon Secret World’s rock ‘n’ roll foundation with the urgency of hardcore punk and hook-laden choruses drawn from alt-rock sensibilities. While the EP is filled with emotive storytelling and extended anecdotes, it paints a clear picture of a band who are intent on seizing this moment, pushing forward with purpose, and giving it their absolute all.

Lead single ‘Good Faith’ features Sydney rock royalty Shogun (Royal Headache, Antenna) and fuses punchy and melodic vocals, leading into an infectious stadium-sized hook. Elsewhere, the ravaging ‘Repeat Offender’ is gritty and unapologetic; while the breezier riffs of ‘Everywhere Now’ trade aggression for reflection - a love letter to the hardcore scene and the friends they’ve lost along the way, blending grief with gratitude and everything in between.

Tomorrow Is A Mystery To Me was produced, recorded and mixed by Fletcher Matthews (Dear Seattle, Trophy Eyes) ** and mastered by Mike Kalajian at Rogue Planet (Quicksand, Saves The Day). Despite the clean sound, the EP still retains the energy of a sweat-drenched pub that’s packed to the brim, filled with sing-a-longs beside friends and strangers that you’ve just met. There’s no doubt that Secret World songs are made to be experienced live, with the band already selling out their own headline shows in Australia and playing alongside internationals like Basement, Drain and No Pressure.

Secret World are soon taking to the United States for the first time, touring alongside UK champions High Vis; and also playing at Furnace Fest with pioneers like Jimmy Eat World, Dropkick Murphys and Knocked Loose. Armed with a new EP and a raucous live show to boot, the band are charging into new territory - louder, sharper, and more sure of themselves than ever.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Good Faith
02. Repeat Offender
03. Action
04. Can You See?
05. Through The Night
06. Everywhere Now

MARKETING POINTS:

• 12" vinyl with etched b-side
• Featuring members of SPEED, Trophy Eyes
• Features Tim "Shogun" Wall of Royal Headache on 'Good Faith'

FOR FANS OF:
Royal Headache, SPEED

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Massa Nera "The Emptiness of All Things"

LP - $17.25
STREET DATE: 10/31/25
CAT#: VIS028
LABEL: Persistent Vision

Our present moment sees us grappling with the rise of end-times fascism, the annihilation of collective, shared meaning, and the looming threat of climate catastrophe. It is within this landscape that Massa Nera release their urgent, genre-defying 3rd LP, "The Emptiness of All Things."

Having been given a commission by the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music to create a work that addresses the climate crisis, Massa Nera embraced experimentation, confrontation, and musical malfeasance in an attempt to capture the hellish inanity that defines our reality. Where once their songs bounced, they now alternately lumber and convulse. Their former impulse towards dance has mutated into a desire for destruction.

Lyrically, Massa Nera has shunned autobiography in favor of something more character-driven, more literary, more speculative. They offer a snapshot of capitalistic delusion and existential paralysis, rooted in the anxieties and fractured psychologies of the here and now. In short, "The Emptiness of All Things" is a lyrical call to arms, delivered not as a rallying cry but as an obituary. It is a mirror held up to the abyss, reflected back at the listener without pity or mawkish sentiment.

Despite this, the band has not abandoned melody. The predominant mood of ugliness is counterbalanced by passages of beauty, longing, and even undisguised gentleness. This gentleness, however, is not in service of an unearned, misplaced optimism. It is offered in the spirit of reflection, allowing listener and band alike to take a breath as they stare into the void.

"The Emptiness of All Things" was recorded and mixed by Matt Michael (No Man, Majority Rule) and mastered by James Plotkin (Khanate). The LP comes packaged in a gatefold jacket with newsprint poster insert and limited colored vinyl.

TRACK LISTING:
01. A Body
02. Pelerin
03. Avalon Cove
04. The Best is Over
05. Mechanical Sunrise
06. City of Mines
07. Lavender
08. Death Shall Flee From Them
09. The Emptiness of All Things
10. New Animism

MARKETING POINTS:

• New genre bending album from New Jersey experimental screamo / post-hardcore collective, MASSA NERA.
• Past releases include their split 12" with Quiet Fear, the Secret Voice compilation "Balladeers Redefined", and 2022 album "Derramar | Querer | Borrar".
• Recorded and mixed by Matt Michael (No Man, Majority Rule) and mastered by James Plotkin (Khanate).
• Touring history with Pageninetynine, City of Caterpillar, Infant Island and others.

FOR FANS OF:
Frail Body, Converge, Jeromes Dream, Pg.99

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Believe in Nothing "Rot"

LP - $20.65 / CD - $12.00
STREET DATE: 10/31/25
CAT#: CRR254
LABEL: Church Road

Due for release on 31st October 2025 via Church Road Records, Rot is Believe In Nothing’s full-length debut and the culmination of their bleak creative vision. It chisels into granite their counter-intuitive approach to heaviness: equal parts chaos and control, volume and restraint, with layered textures collapsing under their own weight. Where earlier singles hinted at suffocating tension, Rot dives headlong into the abyss, using pressure, space, and psychological decay to conjure a world that feels like it’s been burning for years. The title track, “Rot”, already a staple in their live set, appears at the end of shows for a reason: a final, devastating statement that refuses to comfort. A cracked mirror held up to the slow, grinding death of the familiar which leaves no closure, only aftermath.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Complete Desolation
02. What Would You Do?
03. Fist Full of Worms
04. Gut
05. Meth
06. Boiling Stone
07. Deserts Are Glass
08. The Children Are Cattle
09. Rot

FOR FANS OF:
Chat Pile, Full of Hell, Primative Man, Eyehategod, Thou

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Raein "Forme Sommerse"

LP - $17.50
STREET DATE: 10/24/25
CAT#: VIS027
LABEL: Persistent Vision

Following a triumphant return to live performances and several vinyl reissues last year, Italy’s RAEIN presents a brand new album, "Forme Sommerse" (Submerged Forms). Their first new music in ten years, "Forme Sommerse" consists of two seamless side-length songs across nearly thirty minutes - an emotionally complex, dynamic and graceful hardcore record from start to finish.

“It’s been ten years since our last recording. Ten years of change. It wasn’t a given we’d manage it again; clearly, what once was has cut deep—and stayed. We moved instinctively, as we always have, condensing these ten years of shifts and distances into half an hour of music. When we reflect on reality, it’s its submerged forms that move us; this record, true to tradition, is a tribute to what can’t be seen and to what compels us.”

Founded in 2002 in Italy, the band released a dizzying amount of music, across multiple splits, EPs and albums, while extensively touring the world during their original run. Reformed in 2023, Raein is considered to be one of the leaders in emotional post-hardcore, carrying a similar spirit and sound as bands like Orchid, Saetia, Pg.99, and others. Melding melody and discordance into something truly beautiful to experience.

"Forme Sommerse" comes packaged in a matte, full color gatefold jacket with printed inner sleeve and limited colored vinyl.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Primo Movimento
02. Secondo Movimento

MARKETING POINTS:

• The first new music from Italy's RAEIN in ten years
• Follows popular reissues of "Il N'y A Pas De Orchestre" LP and Collection LP in 2024 on Persistent Vision
• European tour and festival dates to be announced for October/November 2025

FOR FANS OF:
La Quiete, Saetia, Loma Prieta, La Dispute

Mastiff "For All the Dead Dreams"

LP - $20.65 / CD - $12.00
STREET DATE: 10/24/25
CAT#: CRR255
LABEL: Church Road

Whether spreading plagues, turning the Earth to ash or teetering on the precipice of depression, you can always count on Kingston Upon Hull’s premier misery merchants Mastiff to ruin your day. Now well over a decade into their parade of embittered misanthropy, the East Yorkshire quintet have definitively burned their mark into the UK’s extreme music scene with a fistful of mangled hardcore and sludge riffs and an endless well of spite.

Mastiff’s reputation as a ferocious live entity only continues to grow, as they have spent the last few years racking up appearances at prestigious heavy music festivals like Bloodstock, Damnation, Incineration and DesertFest to name but a few, as well as sharing stages and touring with the likes of Avatar, Palm Reader, Conan, Black Tongue, Cult Leader, Calligram, Iron Monkey, Raging Speedhorn and many, many more.

As for recorded output, following two critically acclaimed albums on MNRK Heavy (High On Fire, The Callous Daoboys, Underoath, Darkest Hour etc), as well as their track ‘Acid Breather’ appearing in the multi-million-selling video game Cyberpunk 2077 and its Netflix anime spin-off Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Mastiff have finally and proudly joined the hallowed roster of Church Road Records for the release of ‘For All The Dead Dreams’, a blistering five-song assault of pummelling and aggravated hardcore.

Once again recorded and mixed by the incredible Joe Clayton at Nø Studio and mastered by the legendary Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, ‘…Dead Dreams’ sees Mastiff at their most brutish, sounding like Nails, Harms Way and Gatecreeper thrown into a cement mixer and poured straight into your ears. If the band’s previous album ‘Deprecipice’ felt as blunt and ignorant as heavy music gets, revel in horror as Mastiff collectively grunt ‘Hold my beer’ and dish up 15 minutes of unrelenting and unforgiving punishment.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Soliloquy
02. Rotting Blossoms
03. Decimated Graves
04. A Story Behind Every Light
05. Corporeal

FOR FANS OF:
Harms Way, Nails, Gatecreeper

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Amusement / ERRTH / Carnivorous Flower / FeverSleep "Amusement / ERRTH / Carnivorous Flower / FeverSleep (4-Way Split)"

LP - $14.00
STREET DATE: 10/24/25
CAT#: PRO-109
LABEL: Protagonist Music

It feels like summer in October! Each year, thousands of punks make their annual pilgrimage to the sunny city of Gainesville, Florida, for The Fest. It’s a weekend that not only reconnects old friends but starts new ones - all set against a backdrop of music provided by up-and-comers and veterans of the scene alike.

In the spirit of starting new friendships, East Coaster’s, ERRTH (Philly) and Carnivorous Flower (Richmond) are teaming up with West Coaster’s, Amusement (Portland) and FeverSleep (Portland), to release a four-way split LP on Fest weekend. The split contains one new track each from Amusement, Carnivorous Flower, and FeverSleep, while ERRTH contributed “Control” and “Sleep All Day”, marking their first ever appearance on a vinyl release.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Amusement
02. ERRTH
03. ERRTH
04. Carnivorous Flower
05. FeverSleep

MARKETING POINTS:

• Amusement features members of From Ashes Rise, Arctic Flowers, Young Livers
• ERRTH features members of Aspiga, Graduation Speech, Reunions
• Carnivorous Flower features members of J Church, Caves, Drunken Boat
• FeverSleep features members of Young Livers, Dikembe

FOR FANS OF:
Pegboy, Hot Water Music, J Church, Seaweed, The Lawrence Arms

Unbroken "fin."

LP - $14.65
STREET DATE: 10/17/25
CAT#: 31G147
LABEL: Three One G

The final two Unbroken EPs “Fall On Proverb” and “Absentee Debate” are now collected together on one 12” ep release entitled “fin.”

These records marked the band’s closing statements, capturing both the raw intensity and the emotional weight that defined Unbroken’s sound. At the time, they stood apart in hardcore for their dark, and more punk approach, shaping a wave of bands that followed. Decades later, their influence is still felt, not just in the music, but in the way they showed hardcore could be both brutal and vulnerable, yet deeply human.

TRACK LISTING:
01. And
02. Fall On Proverb
03. Absentee Debate
04. Crushed On You

FOR FANS OF:
Swing Kids, Narrows, Some Girls

Marketing Points:

• Limited to 500

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Sleepwalk "Splatter"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 199538284102
STREET DATE: 9/26/25
CAT#: QP020
LABEL: Quiet Panic

Chicago’s Sleepwalk has cemented themselves in the nugaze scene, combining the intensity of post-hardcore with the lush fuzziness and gentle vocal stylings of shoegaze. Of course, their sound also includes some hometown flavor, with noticeable influence from bands such as The Smashing Pumpkins and HUM. Providing a crossover sound that can attract multiple types of audiences, they have shared the stage with acts such as Glassjaw, Thursday, and Hotline TNT.

In anticipation of their upcoming tour with The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die and ASkySoBlack, their album “Splatter” is available on vinyl for the first time ever. With songs such as Flesh and Craving showing their punk influence, contrasted by the tracks Bumblebee and Crumble, which provide a shoegaze - and at times emo - palette cleansing, “Splatter” is a perfect showcase of Sleepwalk’s maxim: “Heavy music for the light hearted.”

TRACK LISTING: 01. Flesh 02. Swallow 03. Earwig 04. Thrust 05. Bumblebee 06. Ooze 07. Craving 08. Drained 09. Crumble 10. Syringe

MARKETING POINTS:

• Fall tour with The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die and ASkySoBlack.

FOR FANS OF:
Smashing Pumpkins, Glassjaw, HUM, Thursday, Hotline TNT, Slow Crush

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All Under Heaven, High. "All Under Heaven / High."

7" EP - $7.50
STREET DATE: 6/17/25
CAT#: SDR-143
LABEL: Sunday Drive

Coming from the New Jersey scene and having played plenty of shows together, it only made sense for All Under Heaven and High. to team up on a new record. Their split 7”, All Under Heaven / High., features two new tracks that highlight what each band does best.

Just coming off of their 2024 LP, “What Lies Ahead Of Me”, All Under Heaven leans further into their alt-rock sound with big, catchy choruses . Recorded at the legendary Studio 4, AUH sounds at their best yet.

On the flip side, High. shares “Someone You Adore”, a moody, shoegaze track with a grungy edge. It’s hazy and desiring, creating a complimentary dynamic to “Moving On”.

TRACK LISTING:
01. All Under Heaven "Moving On"
02. High. "Someone You Adore"

MARKETING POINTS:

• All Under Heaven & High. will be touring together from June 20-22 on the east coast

FOR FANS OF:
My Bloody Valentine, Smashing Pumpkins, The Cure

World Peace & God Is War "Come And Fucking See"

12" EP - $15.30 / CASSETTE - $7.00
STREET DATE: 9/19/25
CAT#: TG066
LABEL: Twelve Gauge

"COME AND FUCKING SEE" is a reconstruction of World Peace's 2020 debut by Mack Chami aka God is War. 20 tracks rearranged into 4 movements entirely by hand via modular synth. Each movement recorded first take in a single sitting, this is a turbulent and yet calculated re-imagining of a landmark release.

This is a one-time pressing available only on vinyl and cassette.

Co-released by Federal Prisoner and Twelve Gauge Records.

TRACK LISTING:
Side A
01. The Closed Eye
02. In His First Eternal Glance

Side B
01. Totality Apprehended
02. Golden Moment Outside Of Becoming

MARKETING POINTS:

• World Peace LPs "Come And See" and "It Is Written" previously released on Twelve Gauge Records.
• Completed world tour in support of "It Is Written"
• God Is War previously released works on Closed Casket Activities including a collaboration with Andrew Nolan

FOR FANS OF:
Noise

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Spite House "Desertion"

LP - $18.15
STREET DATE: 09/12/25
CAT#: PNE447
LABEL: Pure Noise Records

This record is the band’s second full-length, following up their self-titled released by New Morality Zine in 2022. This album continues to face head-on the topics of loss, grief, and vulnerability but from a different angle—one where past experiences are not just viewed as instances that shape identity but as situations that are a part of identity and allow life lessons to be learned. Desertion is post-hardcore at its most visceral and moving, a concept album that explores these themes so vulnerably and unsparingly that it’s sure to inspire catharsis and connection.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Ashen Grey
02. Deafening Calls
03. Desert
04. Tied To The Flow
05. 10 Days
06. Down The Drain
07. Please Know
08. Stale Change
09. Midway
10. Coma Dream
11. Safe Haven

MARKETING POINTS:

• The band recently signed to Pure Noise Records for this release
• Currently on Summer European Tour
• Fall shows all over Canada with The Dirty Nil and Heart Attack Man

FOR FANS OF:
Seaweed, Samiam, Small Brown Bike

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Knowso "Hypnotic Smack"

LP - $12.70
STREET DATE: 9/5/25
CAT#: SSR-152
LABEL: Sorry State

Hypnotic Smack is the new album from Knowso, the Cleveland punk duo featuring Nathan Ward (Cruelster, Perverts Again, the Carp) and Jayson Gerycz (Cloud Nothings). If you’ve heard Knowso’s music, you know they’re spiritual children of Devo, both in their proclivity toward dense and nervy rhythmic experimentation and in the way their lyrics turn a cracked, distorted mirror at the world and its many absurdities. Like the Fall’s best records, Hypnotic Smack attacks the body and the brain simultaneously, your hips jerking uncontrollably to the robotic pulse of “You Climb the Sphynx” and “Club Music is the Soundtrack” while your brain chews the koan-like cud of lyrical nuggets such as “every boss in America is a real estate agent.” Ward’s cryptic lyrics reflect the psychedelic labyrinth of horrors that is your daily doomscroll, but it’s OK… we can still dance the night away to “Panopticon,” the goth club dance anthem no one predicted Knowso would write. The world is full of punk bands that are great at pummeling you, but Hypnotic Smack is the rare punk record that beguiles and entrances.

TRACK LISTING:
01. You Climb the Sphinx
02. Blue
03. There Is No Connection
04. Perfect for Bleach
05. Fluorescent Pink
06. Sacred Mystery
07. Consumer Talk
08. Panopticon
09. Club Music Is the Soundtrack
10. Sin of Property
11. Blood in Your Memory

MARKETING POINTS:

• Knowso shares a drummer with Cloud Nothings and is part of a close-knit scene of related bands, a kind of punk cinematic universe that also includes Cruelster (whose new LP just came out on Convulse Records), Perverts Again, and the Carp (recent LP on Total Punk)

FOR FANS OF:
Devo, the Fall, Cruelster, Cloud Nothings

Modern Life Is War "Life On The Moon"

LP - $18.15 / CD - $8.00 /
LP UPC: 641956287277
CD UPC: 641956287284
STREET DATE: 9/5/25
CAT#: DW246 / IOD-93
LABEL: Deathwish Inc. / Iodine Recordings

Life on the Moon marks the bold return of Modern Life Is War, their first studio album in over a decade.The album serves as a tribute to loss, a reflection on grief, struggle and the beauty of living, the moments between dreams and nightmares, memories and desires. Known for their distinctive blend of raw emotion and confrontational intensity, Modern Life Is War once again delivers a mix of gritty realism and poetic despair, pushing forward while staying in touch with that which has resonated with audiences over the years. Crafted over several years with the help of long-time collaborator Brooks Strause and friends, Life on the Moon is as much an emotional outpouring as it is a sonic evolution. Showcasing the band’s continued ability to confront personal turmoil with a potent mix of defiance and vulnerability.

Life on the Moon is a record about the pain of separation and the joyful energy of union as filtered through an eclectic tapestry of eccentric songs.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Invocation
02. First Song on the Moon
03. There Is A Telephone That Never Stops Ringing
04. Empty Shoes
05. Jackie Oh No
06. Johnny Gone
07. Homecoming Queen
08. You Look Like The Morning Sun
09. In The Shadow of Ingredion
10. Bloodsport
11. Kid Hard Dub
12. Over The Road
13. Talismanic

MARKETING POINTS:

• Classic Hardcore / Post-Hardcore band from Marshalltown, IA
• The band’s first full length LP in over a decade
• US and EU touring in 2025 w/ Hot Water Music, Spanish Love Songs, and Comeback Kid
• Produced with long time collaborator Brooks Strause and mastered by Dan Coutant at Sun Room Audio (Drug Church, New Found Glory). Tracked and engineered across multiple studios including with Greg Norman at Electrical Audio (The Killers, Russian Circles), Ryan Patterson (Coliseum) and Jack Endino (Nirvana, Soundgarden).
• Deluxe Packaging with expansive booklet and original artwork by the band
• Split release between Deathwish Inc and Iodine Recordings
• Featuring guest performances by Peter Balestrieri of the Violent Femmes and Ryan Patterson of Coliseum

FOR FANS OF:
American Nightmare, Verse, Defeater, The Hope Conspiracy

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Illiterates "Does Not Compute"

LP - $12.70
STREET DATE: 9/5/25
CAT#: SSR-148
LABEL: Sorry State

The “dumbest band in hardcore” returns with twelve more rampaging tracks. While Illiterates’ last record, 2023’s No Experts, trimmed their compositions to the bone, Does Not Compute widens the scope just a hair, making room for anthemic mid-paced parts (see “Remember When” and the epic title track), blazing Straight Ahead-esque crossover rippage (“Sustainability”), and even a touch of trad youth crew (the Can’t Close My Eyes influences were all over No Experts, but “No One Wants To” is pure Revelation Records circa 1988). Illiterates have also added a new guitarist since the last record, which they’re so excited about they wrote a song about it (“Hig Champion”), though they tastefully limit themselves to just a few eruptions of fret-melting lead licks. And while Illiterates insist they’re dumb, their lyrics are full of wisdom you don’t get at the library, like the anti-pretension anthem “Read the Room” (my favorite lyric: “one thing school didn’t teach you is how to read the fucking room”). Hair-splitting aside, Does Not Compute is another great hardcore record from one of the best bands in the game right now.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Remember When
02. Commodified Life
03. M.O.E.
04. Does Not Compute
05. No One Wants To
06. Read the Room
07. Hold a Grudge
08. Grey Cloud
09. Hig Champion
10. Sustainability
11. Self Diagnosed
12. Won't Bring Me Down

MARKETING POINTS:

• Actively playing shows around the eastern US.
• European tour in October 2025
• Previous LP is one of Sorry State's best sellers

FOR FANS OF:
Youth of Today, Speed Plans

Negative Sun "Menticide"

12" EP - $14.00 / CASSETTE - $7.00
STREET DATE: 8/29/25
CAT#: TG065
LABEL: Twelve Gauge

Negative Sun is a Tokyo-based band known for their aggressive fusion of grindcore, powerviolence, and hardcore punk. Their sound is characterized by its ferocity and raw energy, often tackling themes of social discontent and political criticism.

This is the band's debut EP pressed on vinyl for the first time along with a repress of cassettes that were originally released along with digital in November, 2024. The vinyl and cassette both include two never before released tracks as well as a Lightning Bolt cover, and the vinyl also includes a drone track on the B-side. For fans of: Converge, Bastard Noise, Gasp (90's), Dead In The Dirt.

TRACK LISTING:
Side A:
01. Menticide
02. Stress-proofed
03. Thankless
04. G.I.M.P
05. This House Is No Longer A Home
06. Smear Campaign
07. Forever Chemicals
08. Forever Chemical Campaign (Haizai Audio Remix)
09. Box
10. Dracula Mountain (Cover)

Side B (Vinyl Only)
01. Drone

MARKETING POINTS:

• Original cassette pressing sold out via Snake Dog Recordings (Japan)
• Highly active in the Japanese hardcore scene

FOR FANS OF:
Converge, Bastard Noise, Gasp (90's), Dead In The Dirt

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The Casket Lottery "Feel The Teeth"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 724399772903
STREET DATE: 08/29/25
CAT#: IOD-91
LABEL: Iodine Recordings

Feel The Teeth captures a band navigating the tension between exhaustion and revelation, pushing through the haze of disillusionment while still searching for meaning. Lyrically, Feel The Teeth reflects the weight of an era that has shifted in unexpected ways—personally, politically, and socially—capturing the complexities of trying to find clarity in a world that often feels out of control.

Where their 2020 album Short Songs for End Times felt like a direct confrontation with the chaos of a fractured world, Feel The Teeth dwells in the quieter aftermath, the moments of clarity amidst the noise. The album is soaked in existential fatigue—tracks like "Nightsong" and "Diamonds" bring us to the edge of the abyss, questioning the worth of it all, while grappling with the weight of personal and collective history. As Nathan Ellis explains, "Nightsong" is a reflection of how time and trauma warp the body and mind: "I don't sleep very well anymore... now I just have these moments between being awake and my hypnogogic hallucinations."

At its core, Feel The Teeth is about grappling with internal conflict. Songs like "Bell Penny" take on self-preservation versus empathy, while "Echolalia" offers a sobering realization of the passing of time: “A song about middle age enlightenment. Realizing that I spent so many years wanting, when all I needed were the moments I had.”

Throughout the record, teeth become a symbol—of the things we try to bury, of pain that refuses to be ignored, and of the subtle violence of everyday survival. Tracks like "Snake Dreams" and "Nothing Certain" explore anxiety and transformation, challenging the listener to not just endure, but to shed old skins and confront what’s lurking underneath.

If Short Songs for End Times was a roaring statement of survival, Feel The Teeth is the moment after—a quieter, more introspective reckoning with what it means to still be here, still searching for meaning, still hoping for something better even when we’re not sure what it looks like anymore. In an age where comfort is a fleeting illusion and the answers remain out of reach, Feel The Teeth is the sound of a band refusing to give up, refusing to let go.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Nightsong
02. Echolalia
03. Bell Penny
04. Diamonds
05. From Now to Now
06. Nothing Certain
07. Shelley
08. On the Wing
09. Snake Dreams

MARKETING POINTS:

• Classic Indie-Rock / Post-Hardcore band from Kansas City, MO
• The band’s first full length release in over five years
• Mastered by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden (Quicksand, Gouge Away)
• US Touring fall 2025 with The Sound of Animals Fighting and This Will Destroy You
• Festival Appearances in 2025, including FEST 23
• Band shares members with Coalesce, also currently touring

FOR FANS OF:
Elliott, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Jawbreaker, Small Brown Bike

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