Band of the Day

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.