Tag: EMO

  • Wexford – Change Your Mind

    Wexford – Change Your Mind

    “Change Your Mind” is one of the latest singles by Wexford, a Sandusky, OH-based band. It’s their first track this year, serving as a follow-up to “OK Suburbia,” an excellent debut full-length album released in 2022. Still, Wexford introduces many innovations in songwriting, composing, arranging, and producing. Soundwise, the band combines many different but complementary…

  • Russ Nelson – 5 AM

    Russ Nelson – 5 AM

    “5 AM” is the latest single by Russ Nelson, a Butte, Montana-based alternative rock artist. It’s his first single this year, arriving as an adequate follow-up to “The Villain” and “Crap Of The World,” two excellent tracks released in 2023. Inspired by T.S. Eliot’s “The Hollow Man,” the song captures the sense of alienation and…

  • Emo Rock Artist Northbound Announces Upcoming Full-Length Album; Release Double Single Via Smartpunk Records

    Emo Rock Artist Northbound Announces Upcoming Full-Length Album; Release Double Single Via Smartpunk Records

    Ahead of the album release, the band is also debuting two singles: “Big Tune (Fuck Off Forever)” and “Science” — listen here. That’s right — this isn’t an April Fool’s Joke! Northbound is releasing a new album this summer and is unveiling two new singles from his upcoming fourth full-length release. After touring worldwide with acts including Simple Plan, State Champs, and more, Jonathon Fraser (the…

  • Sam Varga – Never Better

    Sam Varga – Never Better

    “Never Better” is the latest single by Sam Varga, a Nashville, Tennessee-based singer-songwriter. It’s his first track in 2024, serving as an appropriate follow-up to “No One Hurts Me Like I Can” and “Dark Arts,” two excellent songs released last year. Still, “Never Better” carries many innovations in writing, composing, arranging, and producing. Soundwise, Sam…

  • Gila Bend – Gila Bend 7″ (Expert Work Records)

    Gila Bend – Gila Bend 7″ (Expert Work Records)

    In the sprawling landscape of Chicago’s music scene, Gila Bend emerges as a beacon of raw emotion and sonic depth with their self-titled 7″ record. Recently unearthed from the depths of their archives, this gem finds its home under the careful curation of Expert Work Records, exemplifying the band’s enduring legacy and dedication to the…

  • Premiere: Sleave Share New Single & Video “Birthday”

    Premiere: Sleave Share New Single & Video “Birthday”

    We’re thrilled to host a European video premiere for Sleave’s new single “Birthday.” It’s the first track from their upcoming full-length album, slated for release on vinyl, CD, and digital on April 26th via Engineer Records (U.K.), Sell The Heart Records (U.S.), Gunner Records (Germany), Fuckitall Records (Brazil) and Sleepy Dog Records (France).  You can pre-order the vinyl HERE or pre-save the album HERE.

  • Telling Secrets – (Wake Up) Full Moon

    Telling Secrets – (Wake Up) Full Moon

    Telling Secrets is back with another fine piece of sonic artistry. Led by a principal songwriter and composer, Vik Kovacs, this Manchester/Surrey-based outlet delivers another exceptional song called “(Wake Up) Full Moon.” It’s the first single in 2024, serving as an adequate follow-up of “Fall Behind,” an outstanding song released last year. Soundwise, Telling Secrets…

  • Sweetheart – The Unbearable Tightness Of Being LP (Expert Work Records)

    Sweetheart – The Unbearable Tightness Of Being LP (Expert Work Records)

    Sweetheart’s “The Unbearable Tightness Of Being” is one of those records you should put on your radar as soon as possible. A rediscovered artifact from 2005, the album is a sonic panorama that intricately incorporates post-hardcore, noise rock, punk, screamo, and indie elements into an innovative and complex sonic landscape. The guitars, wielded with finesse,…

  • Interview: Thomas Nicholas (Thomas Nicholas Band, American Pie)

    Interview: Thomas Nicholas (Thomas Nicholas Band, American Pie)

    Today, we’re thrilled to have the incredibly talented Thomas Nicholas with us. We had an exciting conversation covering a wide range of topics. From delving into the intricacies of songwriting to exploring the unique correlation between his acting and musical endeavors. We touched upon his latest singles, got a sneak peek into his upcoming full-length…

  • Shoreline Released New Album “To Figure Out”

    Shoreline Released New Album “To Figure Out”

    Deeply rooted in the DIY hardcore/punk scene, SHORELINE gained a reputation as a rousing live band after countless shows in squats, rehearsal rooms and basement clubs all over the European continent, so that they quickly found themselves opening for scene legends like Basement, Silverstein, Spanish Love Songs or Hot Water Music.  Lead single Seoul is about reclaiming singer Hansol…

  • Days To Waste Released New Single “Daydream”

    Days To Waste Released New Single “Daydream”

    Alt/pop songwriter Days to Waste (Ben Willey) has shared his new angsty melodic rock track “Daydream,” available to stream now on all DSPs worldwide via Passion Eight Records. The track comes on the heels of a busy 2023, highlighted by a tour with Epitaph Records standout sadeyes and the release of “lilac” and “Wait for Me.” “I…

  • Broken Hearts Are Blue Released New Single & Video “The French Major”

    Broken Hearts Are Blue Released New Single & Video “The French Major”

    Broken Hearts Are Blue released a brand new song and video from their newly announced album Meeting Themselves, out March 1st on Council Records. Originally established in late 1995, the one-time Kalamazoo, Michigan indie band Broken Hearts Are Blue regrouped in 2018 to release three previously unrecorded songs (Here Is Always Nowhere, Late Night, Walnut Street, Rustbelt Sunsets), plus a…