Label: screamo

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  Hustle Culture — New Government Pyramid Scheme

  Feel It Records · Digital Single · 2026-09-09 · post-punk, garage punk

  Hustle Culture is a Cincinnati band led by singer and songwriter Will Popiel. It is the band's first single for Feel It Records and runs 2:18. Razor-edged guitar and synthesizer carry the arrangement, per the release notes. The notes place the band in the city's post-punk canon.
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  Spy Versus Spy — Little Lights (LP Reissue)

  La Agonía de Vivir · 12-inch / Digital · 2026-09-11 · screamo, hardcore

  La Agonía de Vivir reissues the album as LADV224. The pressing is 300 copies, 100 on solid grey vinyl and 200 on black. Seven songs run 46:24 on the reissue. Orders go through the label's website or by email.

Two releases from the past seven days, both from watchlist labels. One is a Feel It Records single from Cincinnati. The other is a Spy Versus Spy LP reissue on La Agonía de Vivir.

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

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.

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  Spread Joy — III

  Feel It Records · LP / Digital · 2026-09-04 · punk, post-punk

  Opaque blue vinyl is limited to 100 copies, with a black vinyl LP alongside. Both pressings come in a matte jacket with insert, and the digital album is name your price. The record's notes name the B-52s, Talking Heads and Suburban Lawns as lineage.
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  Headcheese — Dump Run

  Neon Taste · 7-inch / Digital · 2026-09-04 · hardcore, punk

  Fewer than 80 copies of the limited edition 7-inch exist, shipping on or around September 7. The digital album carries eight tracks over 8:13 and sells for 9 Canadian dollars. The label writes that the band self-released the session before the label became involved.
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  Military School — School is War

  11PM Records · 7-inch / Digital · 2026-09-04 · hardcore, punk

  The Philadelphia band's five-song 7-inch is a split release of 300 copies with Broken Skull Records. Brendan Reichhardt mixed at Dream Home Recordings, and Will Killingsworth mastered at Dead Air Studios. The notes name Bad Brains, Cleveland style hardcore and Christ on Parade.
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  Eskupa — Esta Oscuridada No Es Mia

  11PM Records · LP / Digital · 2026-09-04 · hardcore punk, punk

  First pressing is 400 copies with 100 on pink vinyl. Two-color screenprinted gatefold jackets came from Discos Enfermos, the Basque label co-releasing the LP. Six tracks come from the 2025 demo, and side B is credited as Demo 2026.
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  Dicklickers — Self-Titled

  11PM Records · 7-inch / Digital · 2026-08-29 · hardcore punk, egg punk

  The Santiago band lists Carlos on guitar, Daza on drums, Marcelo on vocals and Ignacio on bass. The notes compare the sound to Young Wasteners, Regulations and Denmark's 2000s punk scene. Seven songs run 8:58 on the seven-inch.
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  Kinetic Orbital Strike — The True Disaster

  General Speech · 12-inch / Digital · 2026-08-31 · raw punk, d-beat

  The ten songs first appeared across two separate 7-inch EPs in 2023. Dietrich Schoenemann cut the new lacquer master at 45rpm for Complete Mastering. The 12-inch adds a poster insert with photos and lyrics, and the label sells color and black vinyl.
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  Ejaculators — God Bless You

  General Speech · Vinyl / Digital · 2026-08-31 · punk, post-punk

  Abraham Diaz handled the artwork, and the record comes with a lyric sheet. The press notes place the sound between 1977 punk and Los Angeles act The Screamers. Limited color vinyl is sold by the label, with the digital album at 4 dollars.
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  coma regalia — besides

  Middle-Man Records · Cassette / Digital · 2026-09-04 · screamo, emoviolence

  The band calls the release a collection of songs you've never heard. Edie Quinn handled guitars, vocals, bass and drums on most of the 13 tracks, with Jason Wolpert and Dylan Houpt also credited on drums. The first press cassette is hand painted, printed and numbered, and the digital album is name your price.
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  ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU — all that's left of you

  Tomb Tree Tapes · Cassette / Digital · 2026-09-04 · screamo, metallic hardcore

  The tape run is 40 copies: 15 glow-in-the-dark, 10 dead swirl, 10 random swirl and 5 test dips. The Melbourne trio recorded the five songs live in January 2026 with Simon Maisch at Lily Street Studios. Will Killingsworth mastered at Dead Air Studios; Zegema Beach Records carries copies below the Bandcamp price.
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  Raein — Raein Daitro Split

  Persistent Vision Records · 12-inch / Digital · 2026-09-04 · screamo

  The three Raein songs first came out in 2004 on the split 10-inch with Daitro. Purepainsugar and Ape Must Not Kill Ape released that original pressing. Persistent Vision Records re-releases it as a split 12-inch due in October 2026. Magenta in Cloudy Clear is limited to 218 copies; the other two LP colorways cap at 220 each.

Ten releases from the past seven days, all from watchlist labels.

Three come from 11PM Records and two from General Speech.

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

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.