Sweet Spine – Lights Out
Release Date: 25th July 2024
If you’re on the lookout for a modern take on that classic grunge sound, one that isn’t just someone doing their best to sound as much like Alice In Chains but not really, then British trio may be for you. Dark and brooding but heavy and expansive at the same time, Sweet Spine are starting to push their way through the masses to the forefront where their electronic-infused riffs belong.
GR/EF – scaphism
Release Date: 25th July 2024
Sometimes the tone of a song doesn’t match the style. Chirpy break-up tracks, metal love songs, you know the kind. ‘scaphism’ is a track that does exactly what it says on the tin. Kind of. It isn’t torture as the name suggests, but it is dirty and gritty throughout. Moments of shoegaze and alt-metal combine with metalcore elements to keep things fresh and exciting.
Beauty School – Cowboy Milk
Release Date: 31st July 2024
Rising stars in the alt-rock scene, Beauty School are a band that feel like they’re one big album or one viral hit away from becoming a household name. Something about those Yorkshire pipes pushing out American pop-punk style vocals just hits right, especially as summer draws to a close. There’s lots to come from these.
Damage Case – Dead-End Alive
Release Date: 25th July 2024
Thrashy German metal from upstarts Damage Case is something that we’ll always appreciate. A throwback that somehow leads to nostalgia of the mid-noughties metalcore and 70s thrash all at the same time. Get those neck muscles warmed up for ‘Dead-End Alive’.
Bx – How To Breathe
Release Date: 26th July 2024
Sometimes art of any time can take huge periods of time to create and sometimes it just pours out as if in control of the person creating it. The latter is the case with ‘How To Breathe’ from multi-instrumentalist Bx, AKA Leebo Freeman. The track was written in just one night with the result being a deeply personal affair that is encapsulating.
Beautiful Freaks – DB Cooper Did Nothing Wrong
Release Date: 19th July 2024
Flash in the pan screamo from the U.S. sees Beautiful Freaks release ‘DB Cooper Did Nothing Wrong’, a track that takes us back to the good old days when song titles were just a little bit long and weird. Full of raw emotion, the track starts fast and barely relents for almost three minutes. Sweaty, beer soaked floors are on the menu with this one.
Pope Dingo – Love Me Like You Hate Me
Release Date: 18th July 2024
Just the one guess as to where Pope Dingo is from. The Aussie rocker is back with a ferociously fast and chaotically catchy track in the form of ‘Love Me Like You Hate Me’. The song feels like an amalgamation of dirty rock from the past 6 or so decades. The feet will be tapping, the head banging and the whiskey flowing.
Nailed Shut MA – Macabre
Release Date: 9th December 2023
Finishing of with a track a little older, ‘Macabre’ from American deathcore outfit Nailed Shut MA is a balls to the wall, riff-fuelled track that will have limbs flying left, right and centre. Brutal from front to back, if your face manages to remain uncontorted listening to this, you’re not listening loud enough.