SYDNEY share “Things Could Be Better” feat. Keith Buckley, the first piece of “Attachments”

MEDUSSA step away from post-rock conventions and back to a four-piece on “Mueran las Ideas”

Fresno punk rockers TRASH N’ PRIVILEGE premiere “Best That You’re Dead”, talk about the city’s DIY scene

Hardcore-meets-90s-hip-hop crew ’92 lean further into funk on “’92 Till Infinity”

MONK bridge hardcore and unlikely joy on “No Gods” with George Pettit of ALEXISONFIRE

Hamburg blackened screamo act мир talk grief, antifascism, and impressive debut “molidae.”

Nashville garage rockers BARRACUDA DISCO mark their debut EP with a defense of the two-piece format

MA power pop emo rockers CAPE CRUSH walk through “Place Memory”

Murcia rockers LE MUR dig into “Bruto”, panic blackouts on “Porno”, the cooking metaphor, and how songs change once they leave the studio

Rouen screamo band L’IDYLLE return after retreat with new tracks built around grief, capitalism and the tolerance paradox

Milwaukee dream pop act SSAANN debut “Higher,” six years of solo JunoDS88 loops turned into a beautiful, gentle, heavenly album

Alt screamo act HOUSE OF THE BLOOD CHOIR on “Mom’s Anxiety,” Namba Bears, and Osaka’s small skramz scene

Progressive post metal sludgers URZAH talk earthen heaviness, vocal lessons and 13-minute closers ahead of June 5 release of “A Tranquil Void”

Polish math rock turned emo: FOR EXAMPLE JOHN premiere “Faking Life” and walk through every song on “failed as a friend”

Boston duo BEDTIMEMAGIC return with “Lie Down With Dogs” – premiere “Aroused” video

DC teen band PETRICHOR take aim at wealth extraction and ICE terror on “Richest Witches of the West”

Mexico City dark screamo duo OSHIRA debut “Vorágine,” tackling never being on time for your own life and disappearing to belong

Sardinia hardcore band HOLD ME TIGHT return with “No Turning Back,” the first chapter of “The Fall”

Toronto emo post hardcore band DIAMOND WEAPON return with “Letters from the Flood,” an adventurous EP shaped by a year of funerals

Calgary’s rockers HOWELLS detail the three-hour writing session behind new “Overflow” video with Astrology Girl