Casanovas In Heat

Casanovas In Heat are a four-piece punk band from Boston, Massachusetts that formed in 2010. They play a high-energy & good-times style of punk in the vein of bands like The Replacements, which yield some chorus-laden guitars, catchy hooks, and reckless riffs played at furious speeds. After a few incredible 7"'s, they went to record their debut LP in 2015. For multiple reasons, its release was delayed until early 2018. Thankfully this thing is out, because every song absolutely shreds. This band's got great songs and a great attitude, and although they don't seem to be active anymore, have left some potent material to kick out the jams to. Enjoy.

Ruins (2012)

1. Calling Bluffs

2. Izmir Stinger

3. Jodi Boy

4. Ruins

Belvidere b/w Destiny St. (2014)

1. Belvidere

2. Destiny St.

Twisted Steel, Sex Appeal (2018)

1. Wet Dreamin'

2. 2nd Wind

3. Against The Grain

4. Lolita

5. Destiny St.

6. Future Ex-Girlfriends

7. Omens

8. Belvidere

9. Jaded

10. Nitehawk

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Guns Up!

Guns Up! are a four-piece straight edge hardcore band from Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts that began in 2002 and broke up in 2007. They began playing shows again in either 2009. They play a gritty, bottom-heavy, gang-chant lead brand of hardcore that fans of Champion, Down to Nothing, and Have Heart will undoubtedly love. They put out two LP's in their time, as well as a 7" titled Game Over which I can't seem to find. Their members are currently active in other bands, most notably Rained In. Not much else to say, this is just kick-ass mid-2000's Massachusetts hardcore at its finest. Can't go wrong. Enjoy.

Game Over (2003)

1. Face It

2. F.Y.S.

3. Rules Of Life

4. ...It's All About

5. More Than You

6. Out Of My Hands

All This Is (2004)

1. Least Of My Worries

2. How It's Done

3. All In

4. Foolin' Who

5. On Your Way Out

6. No Shelter

7. Face It

8. FYS

9. More Than You

Outlive (2005)

1. Outlive

2. You Break

3. Won't Change For Me

4. Life's Ill

5. Test My Will

6. Frozen

7. Spitting Words

8. Losing Sight

9. Face It

10. (A Means)

11. To An End

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Chalk Hands

Chalk Hands are a four-piece screamo/post-hardcore band from Brighton, UK that formed in 2017. They released a two-track EP last year, Burrows & Other Hideouts that has garnered quite a bit of attention for its seamless blend of post-rock melody and atmosphere, post-hardcore's technical prowess and non-linear song structure, and screamo's intensive vocals and chaotic instrumental collisions. This band has come out of the gate with two hard-hitting, experimental and forward-thinking tracks, carving out their own corner in the screamo/hardcore/whatever world. They've apparently been active in working on new material, which is something to definitely look out for, because based on their debut alone, Chalk Hands are going to do great things. Enjoy.

Burrows & Other Hideouts (2017)

1. Burrows

2. Arms

Reveries/Chalk Hands/Okänt (2019)

1. Reveries - Casting Shade

2. Chalk Hands - Charm

3. Okänt - Begravningsvisa/Näktergal

Don't Think About Death (2022)

1. Fail, Grasp, Restore

2. A Means To An End

3. Teeth And Nails

4. February's New Friend

5. Les Jours Passent Et Ne Me Ressemblent Pas

6. A Velleity

7. Don't Think About Death

8. The Bridge

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4-Way Split PremieRing - Massa Nera

4 bands, 4 blogs, 1 amazing split. I'm incredibly happy to present the PremieRing, a project set up by four different blogs to each premiere one band from this new four-way split. To start things off, I was lucky enough to get Massa Nera, a Sophie's Floorboard favourite. You might remember them from last year's LP Los Pensamientos De Una Cara Palida, a modern screamo essential. This five-piece New Jersey band are back with a new offering of two tracks to kick off this split. You can check out the exclusive stream of these new songs below, as well as pre-order information and links to the other blogs in the PremieRing. Recording info for these tracks is as follows:

Allen Nuñez - Guitar & Vocals

Christopher Rodriguez - Guitar & Vocals

David Mocada - Bass & Vocals

John Rodriguez - Vocals

Mark Boulanger - Drums

Additional vocals on "Doing Nothing For Others Is The Undoing Of Ourselves" by Steve Roche

Tracked and Mixed by Steve Roche at Permanent Hearing Damage

Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering

The first track offered up here is "Un Mal Cola De Hadas", which kicks off with some clean, looming melodic riffing, a clear sign of the band's technical prowess. After some instrumental mingling, the vocals kick in, with some furious kit-shredding drums behind them. They utilize their many vocalists well, trading lines off each other before coming together in climatic, shouted unison. The guitars hammer out heavy dissonant chords, while the bass builds eerie lines in the back. This song blends hints of melody into angular rhythmic patterns, with every instrument getting a chance to shine amidst the cathartic chaos. As it comes to close, it breathes as it opens, giving the listener a second to recover before track 2 bludgeons again.

"Doing Nothing For Others Is The Undoing Of Ourselves" opens with an incredible rhythmic passage, with the bass and drums creating an almost dance-y vibe, intertwined with the guitar's clean arpeggios. Just when the track sounds like its about to explode, they pull back and continue at the same level when some of the most impassioned vocals in recent history find a way to yelp themselves in. The vocals only build in intensity as the instrumental winds behind them. Sure enough, the blast beat climax this track has been teasing at finally hits, and its a glorious mesh of heavy bass, snare insanity, and guitar tremolos. On the way out, after all the instruments have rung out, there's one final, lonesome scream, a perfect way to end a track that's taken the listener to a couple of different places in a relatively short span of time. This band never ceases to amaze with the material they put out, and these new splits track are no different.

Keep these on repeat for a bit, and then check out the remainder of this split over at the incredible blogs listed below. I assure you this is one you do not want to miss. Enjoy.

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This is a joint release via: Zegema Beach Records, Dead Tank Records, Dingleberry Records, Adorno Records, Blessed Hands Records, and Pundonor Records

Check out the remainder of this split at the other PremieRing spots below:

Yo Sbraito - Idioteq

Thisismenotthinkingofyou - This Noise Is Ours

Ef'Il - Open Mind / Saturated Brain

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Prince Daddy & The Hyena

Prince Daddy & The Hyena are a four-piece emo/punk band from Albany, New York that formed in 2014. I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this band on here a few times before, so I figured it's about time I actually get them up here. They've quickly become one of the most noteworthy bands in this current wave of "emo" (or "sparklepunk", whatever the fuck ya want to call it), with some incredible songwriting and unparalleled energy. If you take some downer (but still awesome) lyrics, pair it with some heavy power chords, catchy, hoarse vocals, and some shred-tastic lead work, you've got Prince Daddy & The Hyena. They take some pretty clear influence from bands like The Get Up Kids and Weezer, and exist in the same vein as modern bands like Mom Jeans., Remo Drive, and Rozwell Kid. Their sole LP, I Thought You Didn't Even Like Leaving and three-way split Now That's What I Call Music Vol. 420 are required listening, but pretty much everything is gold. Enjoy.

Adult Summers (2015)

1. Adult Summers (PART 1)

2. Adult Summers (PART 2)

3. I'm A Bum

4. Revenge Of The Spiderbees

5. ***HIDDEN TRACK***

I Thought You Didn't Even Like Leaving (2016)

1. I Thought You Didn't Even Like Leaving

2. I Forgot To Take My Meds Today

3. Clever Girl

4. Nika's Got It Wrong

5. Bromeo // Always Good

6. Pop Song

7. Broc Ched

8. I Wish I Could Ctrl+Alt+Del My Life

9. Hundo Pos

10. Bathtub

11. Really?

Just Friends/Prince Daddy & The Hyena (2016)

1. Just Friends - Sad 2 See

2. Just Friends - The Good Life

3. Prince Daddy & The Hyena - Moo Moo Meadows 

4. Prince Daddy & The Hyena - Devotion

Death Protector Collective Mixtape #1 (2017)

1. Prince Daddy & The Hyena - If I'm Still Broke By Christmas

2. Dikembe - Living In The Walls

3. Expert Timing - Homesick Hearts

4. Henrietta - Big Miss Steak

5. Expert Timing - Make It Better

6. Henrietta - Better Now

7. Dikembe - Nest

8. Prince Daddy & The Hyena - Escape From The City

NOW That's What I Call Music Vol. 420 (2017)

1. Prince Daddy & The Hyena - Thrashville 1/3

2. Pictures of Vernon - The Sunshine Bus

3. Mom Jeans. - YIKES (daddy wants wings)

4. Prince Daddy & The Hyena - Thrashville 2/3 (ft. Kississippi)

5. Pictures of Vernon - Camp Games 1.1

6. Mom Jeans. - Vape Nation 2.0

Cosmic Thrill Seekers (2019)

1. I Lost My Life

2. Lauren (Track 2)

3. Fuckin' A

4. Dialogue

5. Cosmic Thrill Seeking Forever

6. Slip

7. The Prototype of the Ultimate Lifeform

8. Breather

9. Ursula Merger

10. Dream Nails

11. C'mon And Smoke me Up

12. Trying Times

13. Klonopin

14. Wacky Misadventures of the Passenger

Prince Daddy & The Hyena (2022)

1. Adore The Sun

2. A Random Exercise in Impermanence (The Collector)

3. Jesus Fucking Christ

4. Something Special

5. El Dorado

6. Hollow, As You Figured

7. Curly Q

8. Keep Up That Talk

9. Shoelaces

10. In Just One Piece

11. Discount Assisted Living

12. Black Mold

13. Baby Blue

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Oh My God Elephant

I found this little ditty while perusing through the archives, and had completely forgotten what a solid EP this one. I don't know much about the band or its history, but they're a four-piece emo/indie project called Oh My God Elephant, from Wayland, Massachusetts, and they were active from sometime between 2005 and 2007, I'm not exactly sure. They only put out one EP, which of Kinsella-esque emo, with clean, twinkly guitars, melodic chords, and boyish shouts as vocals. Their members would later be active in other bands such as Rainbow Tornado, Clarissa Explains It All, and Bishop. Enjoy.

Oh My God Elephant (2006)

1. Rascal The Cat

2. Dan Dan Dan Dan

3. Evan Tuckerman

4. Lincoln

5. Broken Finger Tippies

Ignition

Ignition were a four-piece hardcore/punk band from Washington, DC that were around from 1986-1989. They were one of many Dischord bands to come out of the "Revolution Summer" era. They featured an incredible line-up of musicians, which includes members of other major notable DC bands such as The Faith, Embrace, Gray Matter, and later Soulside. Fans of those bands, as well as Dag Nasty and other related Dischord artists will undoubtedly love Ignition, if they're not already familiar with them. Alec's lyrics are solid, and the band brings a fantastic energy to each track. They blend the fury of punk and hardcore with melodic sensibilities and sonic experimentation, that would later become known as "post-hardcore" and "emo" in the next decade. This is definitely a classic band from one of music's greatest scenes/eras, so this whole discography is absolutely essential. They released two albums and a few EP's in their time together, all of which were compiled on a single album in 1994, and then remastered in 2012 (which is the version below). Enjoy.

Complete Services (1994)

1. Previous

2. Cancellation

3. Buy And Sell

4. Wrenching

5. Strain

6. Throttle

7. Temporary

8. So Moved

9. Sinker

10. Non Verbum

11. Consequence

12. Lucky Thirteen

13. Anger Means (Version)

14. Revision

15. Standstill

16. Kiwi Chant

17. One Sided

18. Bullets In Mind

19. Eyeballed

20. Sinker (Version)

21. Rebuilding

22. Anxiety Asking

23. Anger Means

24. Proven Hollow

25. Chicago Song

26. Bought And Sold

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Kaospilot

Kaospilot were a five-piece screamo/hardcore band from Oslo, Norway that were around from 2001 to 2005. They played a dark, intensive brand of screamo, with an incredible array of vocals, and an ability to play with an impressive range of sounds, from frenzied blastbeat chaos, to calm melodic parts, to seething, heavy slow burners. They utilized dissonant, angular chords, off-kilter rhythms, sharp changes in dynamics, and some vicious drum patterns. All of this might sound vagulely familiar, because they are staples in modern screamo, indicating Kaospilot as a definite major player in terms of influence. They put out a solid slew of material in their time together, but their posthumous sophomore album Shadows is their stand out. Enjoy.

For Your Safety (2001)

1. A False Hollywood Promise

2. Nineteeneightyfour

3. The Last Dance

4. Protest Denied

5. A Tragic Picture

6. Under The Knife, Scars Run Deep

Neil Perry/Kaospilot (2002)

1. Neil Perry - Breathing With One Bad Lung

2. Neil Perry - There's A Fine Line Between Thrift Store And White Trash

3. Neil Perry - A Friend Is A Lesson To Be Learned

4. Kaospilot - 16.6.2000

5. Kaospilot - The Noise From The Bell Killed Me

Kaospilot (2003)

1. Robots Took On The Outside Of Dogs

2. Rethink The Guidelines

3. Eleventh Hour Tactics

4. Arm Your Fists

5. School Of Assassins

6. The Vicious Cycle

7. Process Is Set

8. Akathisia

9. Letter Of Condolence

10. Dead Conversation

11. Prologue To Better Players

Van Johnson/Kaospilot (2004)

1. Van Johnson - Spagator

2. Kaospilot - Vivre Sa Vie

Shadows (2009)

1. Lunar

2. When The Wind Turns Her Hand

3. Shadows

4. The Indian Became A Thunderbird

5. Ad Infinitum

6. Colossus

7. The Death Knell

8. The Symphony Plays With Nature's Hand

9. Weak Hands May Equal Weak Firm Valor

10. Petroglyphs

11. Foruten Tid

12. Vivre Sa Vie

Joliette

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Joliette are a four-piece post-hardcore/mathcore band from Puebla, Mexico that formed in 2011. These guys have put out a crazy amount of material since they formed, and have earned their title as one of the hardest-hitting bands around today. They play a heavy, instrumentally intricate style of hardcore, with knee-jerk syncopation and an incredible use of dynamics. Influence from bands like The Dillinger Escape Plan is pretty evident here, along with small hints of screamo. As I said before, they've put out a slew of music, so fans of forward-thinking hardcore will have a field day to delve into here. Enjoy.

Convertirse en Agua (2011)

1. Solar

2. ¡Bravo Imbecil

3. A. Baldwin

4. Veinte + 20 menos

5. Juan Perez (Una Tortura Semidisminuida)

Voltean/Están Felices (2013)

1. Están Felices

2. Voltean

Principia (2013)

1. Todos Temen

2. Todos Odian

3. Quiral

4. Martina, Merlina y Dale Con Martín

5. Say Hola!

6. Czirros

7. Qúmulos

8. California Yisus

9. Juan Matón

10. Norte Y Bravo

11. Die Stunde Des Käses

Joliette/ZagaZaga (2014)

1. Joliette - Picsa de Cotsco

2. Joliette - El Queso y la Mostaza

3. ZagaZaga - Pet Cemetery

4. ZagaZaga - Industrial Estate

Joliette on Audiotree Live (2014)

1. II Yonzorno

2. Habano Billullo Kilimanyavo

3. Todos Odian

4. Dolor de Marinero en la Costa del Vesubio

5. Die Stunde des Kässes

6. Say Hola!

Joliette/LYED (2015)

1. Joliette - Il Yonzorno.

2. Joliette - El Coronel y El Cardenal.

3. LYED - Dark Walls

4. LYED - The Middle Children

Life In Vacuum/Joliette (2015)

1. Life In Vacuum - Let Us Through

2. Life In Vacuum - Black Snow

3. Life In Vacuum - New Blood

4. Joliette - Serenata

5. Joliette - no es In A Gadda Da Vida

Atáxico (2016)

1. Verdadero Por Accidente

2. Tionkel

3. Henry Coyote

4. Vibraparrot

5. Las Arepas de mi Padre

6. Apáccico

7. Código

Joliette/Frameworks (2018)

1. Joliette - Henry Coyote

2. Frameworks - The New Narcissistic American Dream

3. Frameworks - Marathon

4. Joliette - Tionkel

El Alphabiotista (2018)

1. El Alphabiotista

2. Dolor de Marinero en la Costa del Vesubio

Luz Devora (2019)

1. Cecapsis

2. Vacío

3. Júpiter Jovial

4. Muletilla Japonesa (あのう)

5. El Alphabiotista

6. Las Gorras Mayúsculas

7. Strathos

8. Futuras Campanas

9. Lázaro

10. Pudre Infante

11. Señor Mora

12. Defenestra

Cube (2022)

1. Hawak - Reliving

2. Hawak - Old Wounds

3. Joliette - Segundero

4. Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow - Deforestation Feeds My Family and Fucks Your Future

5. Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow - Banana Republicans

6. Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow - Haven't You Done Well

7. Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow - Ice Kewb (the uncontrol)

8. Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow - The Anthem We Deserve

9. Eyelet - Couldn't Bury Hurt

10. Eyelet - Jocasta As A Verb

11. Elle - Hekate

12. Elle - Thane's Box

13. Burial Etiquette - Promise

14. Burial Etiquette - Sword In Sanctuary

Luz de Bengala (2023)

1. Lemus

2. Sandy Coquimbo

3. IETU

4. Charlotte

5. XIII

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Infant Island - Further TRACK PREMIERE

Today I've got another premiere for ya, this one courtesy of Infant Island, a four-piece band from Fredericksburg, Virginia. Coming off the heels of an incredible split with Small Hands put out last year, they are returning with a new self-titled album, which will be released August 2nd. I'm happy share the first taste of it, which comes in the form of the closing track on the album, "Further". Check it out below.



This track builds and winds, taking the listener on an emotional journey in its nearly 7-minute runtime. It opens with a gentle, reverb-coated fingerpicked guitar,  with a looming atmosphere that slowly builds as the full instrumentation enters, with some bass swells and washy cymbal work. It then throws its punches in the form of a pounding rhythm section, desperate screams, and some continued gorgeous post-rock leaning guitar work. This doesn't last long though, since it decays back into this rolling atmospheric bit, before kicking into a fret-frenzied bass line. They don't lose momentum for a second as the vocals shriek back in for a heaven-reaching crescendo. The track closes with some haunting piano clinks and white noise, an unexpected turn, but one that fits perfectly as a sendoff for both this song and this new album.

If this track is any indication of how incredible this new record is going to be, I highly suggest marking August 2nd down. It will be available in full on all digital platforms that day, as well as on cassette August 4th, and vinyl later in the month. All pre-order info can be found below, as well as the poster for their upcoming tour.

TAPES

90 on White

10 on Gold

Available for pre-order from Zegema Beach Records

VINYL

200 clear w/black haze

300 black

Available for pre-order from Middle Man Records and Conditions Records

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