In Shorts: New Releases, July 16-18

FVRMN commits Suicides for release on July 25 via Sweet Cheetah Records and Steadfast Records

TO BE GENTLE’s new monsterous album explores trauma, spirituality, and resistance through a deeply personal concept piece

Brooklyn’s DED EN explores post-grief and sonic decay through doomgaze on debut EP “The Gala”

Vegan Weekend X – a two-day festival in wartime Kyiv brought music, activism, and art together to challenge the illusion of safety

IN TRANSMISSION return with “Catching Up,” new EP “Betterment” coming up

Psych noise rockers SHAPER emerge from New Hope’s weird and loud scene with “Wrong Star”

BROKEN TELEPHONE rewire shoegaze through experimental hip hop lens in “RSTRT”

CHEER-ACCIDENT’s “Admission” continues their pop trajectory but shifts the narrative once again

In Shorts: New Hardcore & Punk Rock Releases, July 12-15

Top ten weird and crazy hardcore punk bands ever, by Justin Pearson

French post hardcore band MAPS AND FOILS kick off new chapter with Nulle Part, a concept release about self-destruction and wandering

DINERBOY comment on their short, pissed off, and weirdly catchy debut

A 38-track tribute to David Lynch unfolds through doom jazz and noir ambient on “The Black Lodge” compilation

Mexican emo band GOL OLÍMPICO trace time, migration, and emotional memory in their beautiful debut EP “Reflejos de un ayer”

FRUSEN SORG premieres “En Kall Famn”, a power punch of bleak and blackened punk from Stockholm

Emotive post hardcore band THE CRUELTY explore personal collapse and renewal on new two-song cassette release

BRIGHT SUNSHINE channel Arizona’s corporate hellscape into crushing noise rock with “Executive Power Supreme”

In Shorts: New Hardcore & Punk Rock Releases, July 9-11

Gothic post punks BLOOD IN THE CHAMPAGNE imagines a different world through stories of protest, patriarchy, and addiction