LP - $17.25 / CD - $8.00
LP UPC: 725305742638
CD UPC: 725305742652
STREET DATE: 12/11/26
CAT#: IOD-103
LABEL: Iodine Recordings
Baltimore’s Dosser return with Born for Nothing/Born by Mistake, their second full-length and first for Iodine Recordings. Building on the dense, melodic alternative rock of Violent Picture/Violent Sound, the band pushes further into the tension between heaviness and restraint, drawing from the weight and atmosphere of Failure, HUM, Shiner, Heatmiser, and Jawbox while maintaining a sound distinctly their own.
Across eight songs, Born for Nothing/Born by Mistake circles feelings of isolation, exhaustion, disconnection, and the search for something solid in a world that increasingly treats people as disposable. The album’s title emerged from an unlikely exchange with a suspected bot account, whose broken response, “good for nothing, born for nothing, born by mistake,” became an unexpectedly fitting metaphor for the record.
Recorded, produced, and mixed by Jon Markson (Drug Church, Drain, Koyo) and mastered by Mike Kalajian, Born for Nothing/Born by Mistake captures Dosser at their most focused, balancing layered guitars, driving rhythms, and melodic immediacy with the urgency of the Baltimore DIY scene.
TRACK LISTING:
01. Make You Drown
02. Born For Nothing/Born By Mistake
03. Lividity
04. Never Slip Away
05. Diver
06. Slow
07. Learned To Breathe
08. Caught In A Web
MARKETING POINTS:
- Second full-length from Baltimore alternative rock band Dosser and their first album for Iodine Recordings.
- Recorded, produced, and mixed by Jon Markson (Drug Church, Drain, Koyo); mastered by Mike Kalajian.
- Builds on the sound of 2023’s Violent Picture/Violent Sound with a denser, more focused balance of melody, heaviness, and atmosphere.
- For fans of Failure, HUM, Shiner, Heatmiser, and Jawbox, rooted in the lineage of ’90s alternative rock and post-hardcore.
- Eight songs exploring isolation, exhaustion, disconnection, and the feeling of being disposable in an increasingly impersonal world.
- Dosser have toured extensively and shared stages with Pianos Become the Teeth, with appearances at The Fest, Furnace Fest, and Farewell Youth Fest.
- Follows releases through Really Rad Records and years of activity within Baltimore’s DIY music scene.
- Tour Dates and Festival appearances scheduled to support release.
FOR FANS OF:
Failure, HUM, Shiner, Heatmiser, Jawbox