LP - $17.25 / CD $8.00 / CS $8.00
LP UPC: 725305742607
CD UPC: 725305742614
CS UPC: 725305742690
STREET DATE: 10/30/26
CAT#: IOD-101
LABEL: Iodine Recordings
NØ MAN is a Washington, D.C. political hardcore punk band formed in 2017. Featuring Maha Shami on vocals, Matthew Michel on guitar, Pat Broderick on drums, and Kevin Lamiell on bass, the band features members of Majority Rule.
Between the Sword and the Neck is NØ MAN’s fourth LP and their second album with Iodine Recordings. Across a blistering 26-minute runtime, the band merges pummeling hardcore, political urgency, grief, love, rage, and Palestinian poetry into their most vulnerable and unrelenting work to date.
The album is rooted in the Arabic word “sumud,” meaning steadfastness or perseverance, and channels vocalist Maha Shami’s lived experience as a daughter of Palestinian refugees. The title Between the Sword and the Neck is taken from Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani, referencing the impossibility of genuine negotiation between an oppressor and the oppressed.
Throughout the record, Shami’s lyricism draws from Palestinian history, poetry, family, grief, resistance, survival, and refusal of erasure. The album features guest vocals from Kat Hidalgo and Jenna Pup on “In Spite,” quotations from Ghassan Kanafani, Fadwa Tuqan, and Mahmoud Darwish on “In Tongues,” and names of lives lost to the occupation read by friends and family on “They Have Names.”
Recorded and self-produced by the band, mixed by Matthew Michel, and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, Between the Sword and the Neck stands as NØ MAN’s most intimate and politically charged statement to date.
TRACK LISTING:
01. In Spite
02. Zoo
03. Moan
04. Pregnant Hearts
05. They Have Names
06. Murmur
07. Run Faster
08. In Tongues
09. نزيف على الورق
10. Blood and Paper
MARKETING POINTS:
- New LP from Washington, D.C. political hardcore punk band NØ MAN, and their second album with Iodine Recordings following 2024’s Glitter and Spit.
- Features guest vocals from Kat Hidalgo of FAIM and Jenna Pup of The HIRS Collective on “In Spite.”
- Glitter and Spit received support from Stereogum, NPR, BrooklynVegan, New Noise Magazine, and IDIOTEQ, and was named #16 on BrooklynVegan’s 50 Best Punk Albums of 2024.
- Recorded and self-produced by the band, mixed by Matthew Michel, and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege.
- Campaign launches July 30, 2026, timed to New Friends Fest week in Toronto.
- Campaign support includes full PR, DSP pitching, paid Spotify / Meta advertising, specialty radio pitching, newsletters, social campaigns, postcard mail-outs, and retail in-store displays in the Washington, D.C. area.
- 2026 touring includes New Friends Fest in Toronto, Montreal, Burlington, Gainesville Fest, West Coast dates, East Coast dates, and additional live activity TBA.
FOR FANS OF:
His Hero is Gone, Blonde Redhead, Neurosis