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Who they are

Kohti Tuhoa are a hardcore punk band from Helsinki, Finland. The notes for the Väkivaltaa EP call the group a Helsinki four-piece. The notes for the 2019 album name the vocalist as Helena. The album pages list no other members by name. The name is Finnish and reads as “towards destruction” in English. Bandcamp tags include d-beat and suomi punk. Early press notes compare the band to Framtid and to Sacrilege in the Behind the Realms of Madness era.

Discography

The documented run starts with a self-titled EP. It first appeared as a seven-inch, and those pressings sold out long ago. La Vida Es Un Mus reissued the session on December 16, 2020. The label cut it at 45rpm on a twelve-inch, remastered from the original analog tapes. The bonus track Velkaa Maksat Kuitenkin had been left off the original pressing. The session ran long for a seven-inch. Seven tracks appear on the reissue. The black vinyl edition of that pressing now shows sold out.

Ihmisen Kasvot, listed as MUS198, came out on September 15, 2019. The notes describe a twelve-track LP about an overpopulated world worn down by self-centered behavior. Reference points include Killing Joke style tom-tom beats and fast hardcore. Recording took place at VR Studio in Turku, with Jack Control mastering.

Elä Totuudesta followed on May 15, 2020 as a five-track EP. The band recorded and mixed it, with Jack Control handling the master. The notes list themes of personal struggle and gender equality, including problems inside the punk scene.

Väkivaltaa arrived October 1, 2021. Side A draws on early Spiderleg Records EPs, per the notes. Side B carries three tracks of pogo-beat hardcore. The same notes name Disorder and the Colombian band Muro as points of comparison.

Label

The Ihmisen Kasvot notes state the band had two albums and an EP on Southern Lord and Svart Records. La Vida Es Un Mus came next. The Southern Lord band page lists Rutiinin Orja and Pelon neljäs valtakunta under the group’s name. Svart is a label based in Finland. La Vida Es Un Mus Discos operates out of London and uses the tagline “Primative Musik”. The label grid also holds Home Front, The Chisel and Ripcord.

Most recent release

Paratiisi is the fourth album. It carries the catalog number MUS347 and sits in preorder now. The release date is October 23, 2026. Ten tracks are listed. The closer pairs Eliitin Psykopatia with Älä Luovuta. One track, Valmistaudu Sotaan, streams ahead of release and runs 2:01. Formats cover digital at 7 pounds, CD at 10 pounds, and LP at 20 pounds. The vinyl comes in blue or black with a lyric insert. Ville Valavuo recorded and mixed the album. Jarno Alho handled mastering at Alho Audio Mastering. Jaakko Karjula painted the cover again. The press notes carry a Daniel Lupton byline from Sorry State Records. They describe UK82 drive and hooks with metal flourishes over a medium-fast tempo. Lyrics are in Finnish with English translations included. Subjects cover microplastics and a personal account of sexual assault. The notes place Eliitin Psykopatia in a free punk tradition alongside “Why (Reprise)” and “L.A. Blues”.

Where to buy and listen

The Paratiisi preorder lives on the La Vida Es Un Mus Bandcamp. The same account streams the 2019 album and the 2021 EP. The label site links the store and full catalog. The Southern Lord page keeps the earlier records listed.

Who they are

Oddfellows are a punk band from Denton, Texas. The first lineup played its opening show in December 1994. That version held Chris Pulliam, Mark Ryan and Mike Throneberry. The run stayed mostly local and ended within a few years. The members then spread across a long list of Texas punk bands. Ryan went on to the Marked Men, Mind Spiders, High Tension Wires and O-D-EX. Pulliam and Throneberry played in The Reds. The album notes state the members went on to spawn a hundred bands. The band page tags the sound as pop punk, garage, rock & roll and Texas.

Discography

The 1990s lineup left no album. The discography starts thirty years later. Oddfellows reformed in December 2024. The group wrote a new record in three months. Guitarist Peter Salisbury of Mind Spiders joined for the reunion. The band hit the road again after recording. The self-titled LP arrived on June 11, 2026 through Dirtnap Records. Wild Honey Records handles the European and United Kingdom release. The album counts 14 tracks in 29:01. Thirteen songs are new. One song reworks a Reds song from the 1990s. Seven tracks stay under two minutes. Tick Tick Tick runs shortest at 0:59. They Wanna Die runs longest at 3:32. The opener Draw The Line lasts 1:45.

Label

Dirtnap Records lists the band under Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Bandcamp. The roster covers the Marked Men, Mind Spiders, High Tension Wires and O-D-EX. The Oddfellows record gathers that shared history in one place. The label stopped selling merch on Bandcamp. Vinyl buyers get pointed to the Green Noise mailorder site. The album page lists a digital discography of 85 releases at half price. The record carries a UPC of 881970017911. The label copy credits the release to Dirtnap and Wild Honey jointly.

Most recent release

The June LP is the only Oddfellows release on the label grid. Its digital price sits at 9 dollars. Track titles include Time, The Burden, Yeah Yeah Yeah, It Kills and Late On Love. Think Twice, Dumb Enough and Eraser follow later in the sequence. The thirteenth track is You’ll Never Get To Mars. The closing song is They Wanna Die. The label copy describes the songs as short pop songs. The same notes call them a raw blueprint of a sound later honed across many bands and decades. No lyrics are posted on the album page.

Where to buy and listen

The full album streams on the Dirtnap Records Bandcamp. Vinyl reaches buyers through the Dirtnap Records site and its Green Noise mailorder store. The label Bandcamp also carries the band’s digital discography page. Physical shipping in the United States comes free with a 65 dollar order.

Who they are

”…Or Does it Explode?” is a four-piece band from Madison, Wisconsin. Show listings describe the group as formed around 2019. The official bio lists Shawn Bass and Brandon Boggess on guitars, J Granberg on bass and Erik Rasmuson on drums. Bass sings and handles sound samples, video projection and occasional synth parts. The name comes from the final line of the Langston Hughes poem “Harlem”. A name-origins page credits a chapter title in Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States” for the introduction. The Bandcamp pages carry the tags emo, midwest emo, post-hardcore and post-rock. Idioteq’s feature describes five years in the local scene, with angular riffs and introspective melodies.

Discography

Six releases sit on the band’s Bandcamp page. The Demo arrived in February 2021 with three tracks in 18:16. Chrysalis followed in June 2022, ten tracks in 58:37. The Medium is the Message came out in August 2023 with seven tracks in 38:36. Tales to Needed Outcomes landed in February 2025, twelve tracks in 49:34. The album notes describe it as a solo project by Bass during the early COVID lockdown. The full band later adopted the songs. It was recorded at Pachyderm Studios south of Minneapolis. Session players added cello, violin, flute and trumpet. Nick Tveitbakk recorded and mixed, Carl Saff mastered. Swan appeared in April 2025 with six tracks in 32:49. All six Swan titles also appear on Chrysalis. The site bio counts three full-lengths before the current record.

Label

Realities Disguised as Symbols sits on the Middle-Man Records Bandcamp grid. The label lists screamo and emoviolence as its genres. Its catalogue page counts 382 releases, with coma regalia appearing again and again. The label copy of the new album points buyers to the band’s own page for physical copies. Earlier records stayed on the band’s own Bandcamp page. The site bio adds streaming availability across services for the full catalogue.

Most recent release

Realities Disguised as Symbols was released on June 18, 2026. The record holds 13 tracks in 56:45. Shelter runs longest at 6:44, Elegy shortest at 1:56. The page posts no lyrics for any of the 13 tracks. Titles include Instincts, Adderall, “Do You Feel It Too?” and “Baby’s First Rorschach Test”. The vinyl option is a limited 12 inch on random color vinyl with a two panel insert. A short run of CDs comes as a four panel wallet with two tracks not available on vinyl. The vinyl lists at 25 dollars, the CD at 10 dollars, digital from 10 dollars.

Where to buy and listen

The album page on the band’s Bandcamp streams all 13 tracks and carries the vinyl, CD and digital versions. The label’s copy mirrors the release. The band music page holds the earlier records. Idioteq ran a track-by-track feature on Tales to Needed Outcomes. The official site lists music, videos and upcoming events.

Who they are

Consensus Madness is a punk band from Chicago. The Endeavors album page carries a chicago tag alongside kbd, punk and proto-punk. The Iron Lung Records press text calls the members Chicagoans and friends of the label. It describes the vocals as sung in provincial Midwest accents. Member names do not appear on the album page or the label grid. The lineup stays undocumented in public listings.

Discography

The catalogue holds two full-length records on the same label. The self-titled Consensus Madness LP appeared first as LUNGS-249. Endeavors followed as LUNGS-309. The press text calls Endeavors a debut album, which leaves the earlier record’s status open. No release year for LUNGS-249 shows on the current label grid.

Endeavors holds ten tracks in 16:30. Attention opens at 1:42, N.R.P. runs 1:30 and Superfund runs 1:32. Fighting/Type A lasts 1:43 and One Oh 8 lasts 1:16. Track six runs 1:32. New Bag (Money) runs 1:58, Living And Dying runs 1:25 and Spooky runs 1:41. Everyday closes the record at 2:11, the longest track.

The press text lists Dangerhouse, UK77, neue deutsche welle and 90s Japanese garage as inspirations. The lyrics touch on work and money. New Bag (Money) deals in fees, penalties and interest. Superfund names remediation sites: Laurel Park, the Cuyahoga, Metamora, Miller Beach, Love Canal and Teledyne. Living And Dying frames living in America against dying in America. Everyday measures one day against the next.

Label

Iron Lung Records operates from Reno, Nevada. The label’s Bandcamp catalogue shows more than 300 releases in the LUNGS numbering. Recent entries include Brain Tourniquet’s Sinking Deeper Into Madness, due September 25, 2026 as LUNGS-322. Alien Nosejob’s How A Mosquito Operates carried LUNGS-310. Diät’s live album S.O.36 Berlin Sept ‘22 arrived as LUNGS-321 with 700 copies on 150gr vinyl. The store runs through ironlungrecords.bigcartel.com.

Most recent release

Endeavors was released June 30, 2026. The pressing runs 500 copies on black 140gr vinyl in a 24pt reverse board jacket with an insert. Recording credits go to David Wolf. Scott Plant handled the mix and Mikey Young mastered. Photos came from Thaib Wahab, with art direction by Martin Sorrondeguy.

Where to buy and listen

The Endeavors album page streams all ten tracks. Digital costs 9 dollars and includes MP3 and FLAC downloads. The black vinyl LP sells for 24 dollars and ships within seven days. The label music page lists the full catalogue. The self-titled LP page streams the earlier record.

Who they are

Artrodese is a punk and bass unit. The label press text names vocalist Joop van Reede as the project’s live frontman. It credits his past bands as Jesus Crost and Sick of Stupidity. Both of those bands come from Rotterdam. The Jesus Crost Bandcamp lists the Dutch port city as home. Sick of Stupidity tagged its 2015 album One Shot, One Kill with Rotterdam, fastcore and powerviolence. That album was recorded, mixed and mastered at Tonmeisterei Studio in March 2015. The credits list vinyl on Rødel Records, the CD on Give Praise and a tape on RAPS. Artrodese works from a different recipe. The press text describes nineties style drum and bass and jungle under spitfire punk vocals. The band’s own wording is quoted as “No slow, all go”. The label’s stated comparison is Sleaford Mods played at 45rpm.

Discography

Tilt is the unit’s full-length debut, released June 4, 2026. Give Praise lists no earlier Artrodese titles in its Bandcamp catalogue. The album stands as the project’s first long-form statement. Nine tracks run 33:32 in total. The opener shares its title with the album and lasts 2:13. Waves follows at 3:02, Streets at 3:05 and Corridors at 4:24. Grief runs 2:37, and the track named 1234 runs 2:27. Impact lasts 3:45. The two closers are the longest pieces: Hazy at 6:25 and Eucalyptus at 5:34. Every track title is a single word or a number. Album tags add punk, fastcore, grindcore, hardcore and powerviolence alongside the electronic styling.

Label

Give Praise Records released Tilt. The label operates from Massachusetts and lists givepraiserecords.com as its website. Its Bandcamp catalogue leans grindcore, powerviolence and fastcore. The current grid carries titles from No Skin, Wake, Unholy Grave, Suffering Mind and Brody’s Militia. The label’s recent slate has three more entries. In To Hell arrived in September 2025. The Dormant Ruin followed in December 2025. The Better Hand Plant Than Dead compilation came in February 2026. The connection to the vocalist goes back years. Give Praise handled the CD edition of van Reede’s Sick of Stupidity album in 2015. Tilt arrived eleven years later.

Most recent release

Tilt arrived on June 4, 2026 and sits near the top of the label’s Bandcamp page. The album page lists a digital edition: streaming plus a high-quality download in MP3 and FLAC. No physical formats appear on the page, so pressing details are unknown. The credits section carries the release date and an all rights reserved license. A sampled stream of the title track runs 2:13 on the player.

Where to buy and listen

The Tilt album page streams all nine tracks and hosts the download. The label catalogue page lists the rest of the Give Praise grid. Van Reede’s earlier bands remain streamable. The Jesus Crost page carries that band’s music. The Sick of Stupidity album page hosts the Tonmeisterei record.

Who they are

The Drin are a six-piece from Cincinnati, Ohio. The group began as the solo outlet of Dylan McCartney, now a guitarist and vocalist in the band. The current lineup lists Eric Dietrich, Dylan McCartney, Dakota Carlyle, Ryan Sennett, Luke Cornett and Cole Gilfilen. Their sound moves through post-punk, jangly psychedelia and kosmische grooves, with spoken-word vocals placed against synths and bass-led rhythms. Bandcamp tags on the album page add rock, electronic, experimental and punk. Post-Trash called the band innovators of Midwestern punk in a 2023 premiere. That writeup noted a blend of synth punk, krautrock and icy psych.

Discography

The Bandcamp discography opens with Termination Dust: A Compilation from March 2020. Far Out Kicking followed in August 2020. Engines Sing for the Pale Moon arrived in March 2021, and Down River In the Distance came in September 2022. Those early records appeared through Drunken Sailor Records, which also lists both albums on its own Bandcamp. The LP behind the Venom single came out in January 2023. The 37 Buried At Helltown EP followed in November 2023. Elude the Torch arrived in June 2024. For Those Not Here was released in October 2025, and The Pigs of Silver Linings came out in May 2026.

Labels

Feel It Records is an independent label and record shop at 356 Ludlow Avenue in Cincinnati. The label’s roster includes Sweeping Promises, Smirk, Crime of Passing and Vacation, all listed on its Bandcamp page. Drunken Sailor Records carried the band’s first two LPs in Europe. Its catalogue also lists the 2023 Venom LP, with Future Shock named as a co-release. The new album sits on the Feel It slate between Odor Eater’s July EP and September’s Loose Lips single.

Most recent release

The fourth LP is due September 18, 2026 on Feel It Records. The title is a six-word phrase about losing the way for centuries. The preorder page lists 23 track titles across about an hour of music. The sequence opens with The Sky Has Lost the Smile. Track 23 closes the record and asks to be called on in some time. Track 3 is Moths to the Light. Track 8 is Come and See V3. Track 18 is the title song. A saxophone runs through the record, alongside bass, drums, keys, guitars, reeds and a bouzouki. The credits state the album was recorded in an attic in the village. The band handled the engineering, and track 16 was cut at Cole’s place. Matthew J Barnhart mastered it, and Thomas Wagster made the artwork. Jamie Morrison played bass and sang on track 7. Rosie Bentley sings on track 12. Formats include a black vinyl double LP in a matte gatefold jacket. A digipak CD adds four bonus tracks and a digital edition runs in 24-bit audio. The CD runs one hour fifteen minutes. Preorders are open at 27.99 dollars for the vinyl and 14.99 dollars for the CD.

Where to buy and listen

The preorder page streams two album tracks ahead of release, with the full record to follow on September 18. The Feel It Records Bandcamp carries the label’s catalogue, and the shop address is listed on the label page. European buyers can find the band’s 2023 LP through the Drunken Sailor Records store. Background on the Venom-era sound comes from the Post-Trash premiere by Dan Goldin.

Who they are

Raein are a screamo band from Italy. Wikipedia lists members of La Quiete and the post-rock band Neil on Impression. The listed lineup includes Alessio Valmori on guitar and vocals and Andrea Console on vocals. Giuseppe Coluccelli plays guitar and sings, Michele Camorani plays drums, both since 2002. Nicola Amadori joined on bass in 2009. Marco Montesano held the bass seat from 2002 to 2009. The band broke up in late 2005 and regrouped in September 2007 after a two-year break. Wikipedia credits the group with bringing screamo to Europe after the genre’s United States peak around Orchid and Saetia.

Discography

The self-titled debut arrived in 2002 on Life of Hate Records. Il N’y A Pas De Orchestre followed in 2003 on Ape Must Not Kill Ape and React With Protest. Ogni Nuovo Inizio came out in 2008 through Sons of Vesta and Ape Must Not Kill Ape. Sulla linea dell’orizzonte fra questa mia vita e quella di tutti arrived in 2011 as a free self-release. Splits appeared with Phoenix Bodies, Funeral Diner, Daïtro, Loma Prieta and Ampere. The Loma Prieta split came out on Deathwish Inc. in 2013. A 2013 tour covered 20 shows in 22 days across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Puerto Rico. The Ampere split followed on No Idea Records in 2015. That year Raein played Fluff Fest in the Czech Republic for the third time. Perpetuum, listed as an EP, arrived on April 29, 2015. Forme Sommerse ended a ten-year gap on October 24, 2025. The album holds two tracks across 27:22. The band’s statement on the release page describes ten years of change condensed into half an hour of music. The compilation A Collection of Splits and EPs 2004 - 2015 arrived on Persistent Vision Records in August 2024.

Labels

Persistent Vision Records is a DIY punk label based in Richmond, Virginia. Its Bandcamp page lists Pg.99, Pygmy Lush, La Quiete, Fórn, Ostraca and Joliette. Raein’s earlier records spanned Life of Hate, Ape Must Not Kill Ape and React With Protest. Later splits ran on Deathwish Inc. and No Idea Records.

Most recent release

The newest record is the Raein Daitro Split, posted September 4, 2026. It collects three Raein songs: Faithless, New Day Scenario and Blue Lines, running 9:42. Those tracks first appeared in 2004 on the Raein/Daïtro 10-inch. Wikipedia dates that original release to November 3, 2004, on PurePainSugar and Ape Must Not Kill Ape. The 12-inch repress is due in October 2026 on Persistent Vision Records. Three LP colorways are listed on the album page. Magenta in Cloudy Clear is limited to 218 copies. Magenta and Pink Galaxy and Clear with Magenta and Black Smoke are limited to 220 each. Two cassette runs of 65 copies exist in Purple Swirl and Cloudy Clear. A test pressing of 15 on black vinyl rounds out the list. LPs sell for 24 dollars, cassettes for 10 dollars, and test pressings for 65 dollars. Every variant is listed as in stock at the time of writing.

Where to buy and listen

The split streams on the Raein Bandcamp album page. The digital purchase includes MP3 and FLAC downloads. The same page carries the vinyl and cassette variants. Bandcamp text directs European buyers to Dog Knights Productions, Voice of the Unheard Records or Shove Records. The Forme Sommerse page lists Bis Aufs Messer, Devil Dog Distro and Shove Records as European stockists. Background history comes from the Wikipedia entry on Raein. The Persistent Vision Records Bandcamp lists the label’s full catalogue.

Who they are

Dream World are a punk band from Richmond, Virginia. The Bandcamp release page tags the act as anarcho and lists Richmond as the home city. The group followed a 2024 demo cassette with its first vinyl. Releases now span 2024 to 2026. Lineup names are not published on the label page. This feature keeps member details to the one documented player: bassist Spazzy, who drew the record’s back cover.

Discography

The documented catalogue starts with a demo cassette in 2024. The label press text names that tape as the direct predecessor to the new album. No tracklist or pressing details for the demo appear on either Bandcamp page. Those facts stay out of this feature.

The self-titled LP followed on July 17, 2026 as the band’s first vinyl. Ten songs run 19:56 in total. The tracklist reads Unholy Creation, Never Ends, New Hell, Oligarch’s Reality, Submission, Facade, Soft Rains, Yes Man, Still Dead, Rebirth. Unholy Creation opens at 2:34, Facade is the longest cut at 3:01, and Rebirth closes at 1:10. The press text describes tom-heavy drumming and shouted, martial vocals, and places the songs in the neo-anarcho-punk scene. It also points to variety across the tracklist. Oligarch’s Reality carries a Killing Joke and Amebix style. Never Ends and Submission bring rock riffs. Soft Rains sets spoken words adapted from a Sara Teasdale poem.

Labels

Sorry State Records releases the LP. The label is based in Raleigh, North Carolina. It also runs a brick-and-mortar store at 317 W Morgan Street in that city. The store’s site description names hardcore, punk, and garage rock as its focus. The Dream World LP sits in the catalogue next to this year’s releases by Zorn, Yleiset Syyt, and Psico Galera. All three appear on the label’s current Bandcamp grid.

Most recent release

The current record is the self-titled LP. The pressing is 300 copies with screen printed jackets. Front cover art comes from Thomas Sara. His work also appears on releases by Public Acid and Cicada. The back piece is by bassist Spazzy. The record sells for 20 dollars as a 12-inch vinyl LP and is listed in stock on the label’s Bandcamp. A digital copy costs 9 dollars. It includes high-quality downloads in MP3 and FLAC plus unlimited streaming through the Bandcamp app.

Where to buy and listen

All ten tracks stream on the Dream World album page at the label’s Bandcamp. The Sorry State Records site carries the vinyl for buyers in the United States and elsewhere. The label FAQ page lists the Raleigh store address, where the record is stocked in person. The label Bandcamp front page lists the full current catalogue, including the Zorn and Yleiset Syyt records from this year.

Who they are

Beau Navire formed in Oakland, California in 2009. The band’s own Bandcamp bio keeps it short: Soul. Punk. Flowerviolence. Rate Your Music dates the formation to August 2009 and files the group under screamo and emoviolence. The site lists Kris Udekwu on drums, Jon Schmitt on bass, and Trei Campbell on guitar and vocals. Sean Leary joined on guitar in 2010, after an early stint by a guitarist listed only as Jasmine. The Last.fm biography adds membership ties to iwrotehaikusaboutcannibalisminyouryearbook, Loma Prieta, and Spectres.

Discography

A demo cassette opened the run in 2009. A four-way split 8-inch followed in 2010. Its partners were Carrion Spring, Te Lloraría Un Puto Río, and The Discord of a Forgotten Sketch. Split 7-inches with Adobe Homes and Suffix sat alongside them. Life Moves, a one-sided 12-inch EP, came out on April 12, 2011 through Melotov, Moment of Collapse, and Shove. Its seven songs open with March Of 03 and close with Fitting Pieces.

Hours, the first full-length, arrived in May 2011 on React With Protest, with a European tour that June. Lumens followed on June 9, 2012. Jack Shirley recorded, mixed, and mastered it. Inkblot, Moment of Collapse, and React With Protest released it together. The ten-track album includes Prisms, Communiqué, and Dead End, Start Over. A split 7-inch with Republic of Dreams closed the original run in 2012. Unwinnable’s 2025 reunion column dates the active years as 2009 to 2012 or 2013.

Labels

React With Protest released Hours. Moment of Collapse, a Hamburg label, put out Life Moves and co-released Lumens. Melotov and Shove shared the Life Moves cycle, and Inkblot joined for Lumens. The 2025 reissues landed on Dog Knights Productions in the UK. Persistent Vision Records runs the North American store, and Voice of the Unheard covers Europe for the label.

Most recent release

The Hours 2025 Remaster appeared on July 1, 2025. A Lumens remaster followed on Dog Knights as DK184. The band then regrouped for a short reunion run in the summer of 2025. Dates included 924 Gilman in Berkeley on July 30 and New Friends Fest in Toronto. Brooklyn Vegan had placed the band on the published fest lineup back in March.

The current release is DK195: Splits & EPs 2009-2012. Dog Knights released it on August 14, 2026. The LP gathers 23 tracks running 43:45 in total. The material covers the demo tape, Life Moves, and the splits with Adobe Homes, Suffix, and Republic of Dreams. Jack Shirley remastered all 23 tracks at The Atomic Garden, and Sean Leary supplied new artwork. The first pressing counts 333 copies: 111 on emerald green, black, and white smash vinyl, 222 on clear with splatter. The cassette run is 50 copies and the CD run is 100. The press notes list 140 gram vinyl in reverse-board jackets with a download code.

Where to buy and listen

All 23 tracks stream on the Dog Knights Bandcamp page. The Dog Knights web store sells vinyl, cassette, and CD to UK buyers. Persistent Vision Records handled the North American pressing at 26 dollars with shipping estimated for late August 2026. Its product page listed every variant as sold out as of September 3. The band’s own Bandcamp holds the Hours and Lumens remasters, the Suffix split, and a 16.90 dollar digital discography.

Who they are

Nekra are a hardcore punk band from London. Bandcamp tags on every release list the city. The press text for the new EP calls the group the international pit sisters. Lineup details are not published on the label pages, so member names stay unlisted here.

Discography

The Demo 2017 cassette came first, out May 25, 2017 as MUS147 on La Vida Es Un Mus. Five songs run about six and a half minutes: Sisters Of The Yam, Art School, Blood, Photoshoot, and Expatriate. Artwork came from Suzi Kemp. Jonah Falco recorded, mixed, and mastered the tape. The cassette is now listed as sold out.

Royal Disruptor followed on December 1, 2020 as MUS221. It carries five tracks: Esquire, Groomer, Trash, Red Room, and Amang. Seb recorded and mixed the session at Public Pool. Jonah Falco mastered it. The 7-inch comes on black vinyl with an insert and costs 6 pounds on Bandcamp.

Labels

La Vida Es Un Mus has released all three records. The label is a one-person mailorder operation run from London. It has shipped records for more than 20 years, according to the label site. Sorry State Records also stocks the EP and flagged it as a pre-order on July 29, 2026.

Most recent release

The new EP is titled “Is It Really Living?” It came out August 28, 2026 as MUS338. Five songs run 8:39 in total. Tracks include Intro/ Bad Bitch Stomp, Venas, Futuro Ideal, and Risk Factor. Venas is sung in Spanish. Risk Factor closes the EP at 2:41, the longest track.

Jonah Falco recorded and mixed the EP at Fuzzbrain Studios. Will Killingsworth mastered it at Dead Air. Synth and electronics come from Brulatour. Artwork is by Marcea Decker, and band photos are by Robin Silas Christian.

Bryony Beynon wrote the press text. It marks a decade of the band and describes new pacing across the songs. The one-time pressing is 300 copies on black vinyl. Sorry State noted the run is limited and not likely to stick around long.

Where to buy and listen

All five tracks stream on the La Vida Es Un Mus Bandcamp page. The digital album costs 5 pounds and the vinyl 8 pounds. Physical copies ship from the label within three days. Sorry State Records carries copies for North American buyers. The label web shop and the label Bandcamp list the full catalogue, including Royal Disruptor and the Demo 2017 tape.

Who they are

Ruckus are a garage punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, with New York connections. The Drunken Sailor press text places the band “Boston via New York”. Under The Gun Records calls the group a New York street rock and roll supergroup. Kam Lindsey writes the vocals and lyrics. He previously played in oi band The Stance. Drummer Alex Palazzo and rhythm guitarist Brian Crozier are former members of The New York Hounds. Bassist Mario DaCosta completes the rhythm section. Lead guitars are split between Nick Norrman of Ingrates and Ethan Stahl of The Prize and Loose Lips. No Echo notes that members played on the God Bless the NY Hounds LP and Vanity’s first LP. DaCosta has also filled in with Loosey.

Discography

The band first appeared on a two-song tape. No Echo covered that tape a couple of years before the LP. The ST 12-inch is the debut record. Six songs run 18:39 in total:

• Talk Ain’t Cheap Enuff 2:13.
• Pocket Full Of Cash 2:53.
• Hot In The City 1:56.
• Hello From Up Here 2:52.
• Sick Of Love 4:19.
• Night Cruisin’ 4:26.

Labels

Drunken Sailor Records puts out the record in the United Kingdom and Europe. The catalogue number is DrunkenSailor 200. Under The Gun Records, based in East Los Angeles, handles the American pressing. Will Fitzpatrick wrote the press text for the label. The Bandcamp page tags the album with australia, boston, garage, punk and powerpop.

ST 12-inch

The ST 12-inch was released on August 14, 2026. The Drunken Sailor shop lists a pressing of 100 white and 200 black copies. Both colours cost 18 pounds. The American pressing is black vinyl at 20 dollars and includes a lyric sheet. The press text frames the record as The Boys arriving in Boston in 1981. It follows the release of Gang Green’s Another Wasted Night. No Echo calls the record street rock and roll with a 1970s Stones vibe and New York Dolls swagger. Johnny Thunders-style leads run through the songs. The review calls the music tough, stripped-down urban rock with melodic flourishes. All six tracks sit under five minutes. Sick Of Love and Night Cruisin’ pass the four minute mark.

Where to buy and listen

All six tracks stream on the Drunken Sailor Bandcamp page. The Drunken Sailor web shop sells both vinyl colours. Under The Gun Records handles American orders. No Echo’s review covers the record and the band’s background.

Who they are

ostraca are a screamo trio from Richmond, Virginia. Gus Caldwell plays bass and sings. Brian Russo plays guitar. John Crogan plays drums. The three started making music together in high school around 2008, first in a band called Kilgore Trout. The first ostraca show was in 2015. The band has released music for over a decade, according to Everything Is Noise.

Discography

Seven releases are listed on the ostraca Bandcamp page. Early records include deathless, the faces of the moving year split, last, and enemy. Disaster came out in 2023 on Skeletal Lightning. Eventualities followed in 2025 and opened with “Song For A Closed Door”. Thread is the newest release, out June 26, 2026.

Labels

The band moved from Skeletal Lightning to Persistent Vision Records after Disaster, per The Auricular. Persistent Vision is a Richmond label. It runs the annual Dark Days, Bright Nights festival. The label has also released records by Prisoner, Pygmy Lush and .gif From God.

Thread

Thread has six songs and runs 35:42. The tracklist is:

• Uncollected 5:52.
• Enmiserate 4:32.
• Song For November 7:44.
• Ganymede 4:11.
• Freedom From Pain 5:00.
• Greater Darkness (Something Worse) 8:23.

Most songs pass the five minute mark. Ganymede is an instrumental. Freedom From Pain opens with a deep roar from Caldwell. Everything Is Noise describes the album as screamo paired with post-rock atmosphere building. Caldwell has said the band prefers dark, intense and abrasive screamo. Some lyrics draw on the writing of Thomas Ligotti and Emil Cioran.

The band recorded Thread in November 2025 with Danny Gibney. Tracking took five days at Soundcheck Infinity in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Gibney engineered, mixed and mastered the record. He also worked on Eventualities and Disaster. Art and layout are by Garrett Smith. Photography and collage are by Nika Mckagen. The band started writing the album after an Asian tour.

Where to buy and listen

The Persistent Vision shop pressed 225 copies on pink with black and white splatter. Another 225 came on black ice with pink and white splatter. A tour exclusive run of 125 opaque gold copies was also pressed. Cassettes came in runs of 105 gold and 20 pink. The jacket is matte with an OBI strip and lyric insert. All variants are sold out at the label shop.

The album is streamable on Bandcamp. The label directs EU and UK buyers to Dog Knights Productions, Force Majeure, Shove Records and VOTU Records. Devil Dog Distro is also listed. Those shops offer cheaper shipping.

Who they are

Empathetic are a screamo band from Vancouver. According to Zegema Beach Records, the band played a few shows, recorded one EP, and went on hiatus. At least one member has since moved to another province. The label calls the EP likely to be the band’s only release.

The EP features a member of Thank You Driver, a Vancouver band. The rest of the lineup is not documented in the label’s materials. The label’s August 10 release announcement describes the band’s short run in screamo tradition. A few shows, one recording, then a hiatus. The label has said it hopes the band members continue in another project. The announcement calls the EP the band’s long-awaited debut.

Discography

One release to date: the debut EP The Room Collapses Quietly (ZBR403), six songs in eleven minutes. The bandcamp page lists all six tracks:

• Intro 01:01
• Culminate 02:10
• Volatile 01:44
• Yield 02:20
• Interlude 02:09
• Fracture Point 01:49

The total is eleven minutes and thirteen seconds.

Label

The record came out on Zegema Beach Records, catalogue ZBR403. The CD edition is limited to 100 copies, in a slip-sleeve with an insert, packed in a resealable bag. The label reports that the first run was nearly half gone within days of the release. The bandcamp page notes that the CD is cheaper in the label’s own store, before Bandcamp fees. The digital edition is available on the label’s Bandcamp page.

The Room Collapses Quietly

The EP was released on Friday, August 7, 2026, digitally and on CD. The label describes the sound as mathy, jarring emoviolence, with references to Beau Navire, Brahm, Crowning and Frail Body. The release page lists the record for fans of Beau Navire, Brahm and Monterey. Songs like Culminate, Volatile and Yield move between grind-style screamo passages and quiet interludes. Promo material describes the band as playing technical, sharp, melodic screamo. Most tracks run around two minutes, with the longest at two minutes and twenty seconds. The shortest track is Intro at one minute and one second.

Where to buy and listen

Digital and CD are available on the Zegema Beach Records Bandcamp page. All six tracks are streamable in full on the page. The CD is also sold through the label’s store at eleven Canadian dollars. The label’s release announcement from August 10 covers the record and the press details. It also links to the bandcamp page.