Finnish hardcore punk SEURAT return with new political album about collapse, care, and the possibilities of flesh

Formed in 2018 after a coffee meeting in Oulu, Seurat began as a political hardcore punk project driven by frustration and the desire to imagine otherwise. From their first gig at a lakeside DIY fest in Kainuu to tours across Europe, their approach has remained anchored in anarchist poetics, bodily resistance, and the search for new modes of living. This year they release Lihan uusi runousoppi (“New Poetics of the Flesh”)—their fourth release and second album. It’s a work shaped by collective survival. “The language and form of the album explores flesh as malleable, vulnerable and resistant,” the band states,