In this week’s New Records Round Up, we bring you teasers for 10 recently announced albums and EPs.
Venus Grrrls – To Die as Lovers May
Venus Grrrls will release new EP To Die as Lovers May on October 16 through Killabop.
“‘To Die as Lovers May’ is an exploration of death, love, and viscera,” the band said.
“Drawing heavily on dark romanticism, it explores the beauty amongst the macabre and the vision that lives amidst the fog. Combining the melancholy of 90s grunge with haunting 80s goth, ‘To Die as Lovers May’ is an ode to the more peculiar and darker corners of the human experience, both in life and after death. With influences from 19th century literature and twisting the tales of mythology, the story told is one of romance, decay, and acquiescence.”
Tracklist:
Eve
Carmilla
Mother Knows
Evergreen
Wormfood
Anberlin – Currency
Credit: Jacob Moinz
Anberlin will release new album Currency on November 13 through Rude Records/Equal Vision Records.
It is the first album with new vocalist Matty Mullins (Memphis May Fire).
Mullins said: “The overall theme of CURRENCY is what happens after everything you built your identity on falls apart. It’s a journey through heartbreak, loss, addiction, shame, and the lies we tell ourselves. Instead of staying in the wreckage, it’s about finding the strength to face the truth, let go of what was killing you, and become someone new. I believe that healing doesn’t begin when the pain ends, it begins when you finally stop running from it.”
Tracklist:
NEVERAFTER
GRAVITY
HIGHSTAKES
GHOST
MEDICATE
TRENCHES ft. Switchfoot
AFTERMATH
RELAPSE
DISPLACE
LIES
ASHES
Grinn – Silence
Grinn will release new record Silence on September 18.
Tracklist:
Easier To Hurt
All Gone To Shit
All For You
And All In Vain
Control
Hold The Knife
Look Yonder At That Mountain
Silence
Untitled
Big Red – Big Sur
Credit: Kit Vickers
Big Red will release new record Big Sur on October 30.
Tracklist:
Nightmare
Mission St.
Isn’t He Funny
The Creek
Man Bites Dog
Not That Guy
I Hurt You, You Hurt Me
Big Sur Pt.1
Big Sur Pt. 2
Lost (And Found)
Haywire – I Don’t Wanna Say Goodbye
Credit: Heather Vaught
Haywire will release new album I Don’t Wanna Say Goodbye on October 2 through Roadrunner Records.
Credit: Ernie Parada
Bby – 2
Bby will release new album 2 on November 20.
Slothrust – What They Grow in the Garden
Credit: Levi Price
Slothrust will release new album What They Grow in the Garden in September 18 through Rude Records/Equal Vision Records.
“We really want people to take away a message from this album of self-liberation amidst the flickers of seemingly inescapable dread,” Leah Wellbaum and Will Gorin of Slothrust said.
“Despite the permeating blue light of the external world, it is still possible to find your freedom and identify your core truths if you go within.”
Tracklist:
Dissolve The Delusion
Burn The Deck
Smile
Ring The Bell
Twisted Paradise
Hearst Castle
00101001
What A Night
Absolute Power
Keep Us Thirsty
The Lake
Dystopian Cemetery
Extol – Aura of Decay
Extol will release new album Aura of Decay on November 6 through Solid State Records.
It’s the band’s first new album in 13 years.
Tracklist:
The One and The Many
Disintegrate
Sanctum
Merciless Hunger
Vile Path
Phantom Dismay
Shield and Alibi
Wrecked Within Walls
Dimness of Lingering Gloom
Beneath the Dirt
End of Times
HRTLSS – The Devil on My Shoulder
HRTLSS will release new EP The Devil on My Shoulder on October 2 through Papercut Recordings.
Tracklist:
Pulling The Thread
The Devil On My Shoulder
SIFYN – Self-Encrypted
Credit: Laura Baker
SIFYN will release new EP Self-Encrypted on December 4.
SIFYN said: “Self Encrypted is an exciting collection. We packed a lot of substance into this body of work. I look forward to performing every track on this EP. It’s challenging and it’s emotional and energetic, but mostly it’s just a ton of fun.”
Tracklist:
Sovereign
Sew Me Up
Invoker
Lexicon
