Last week in music, 8/8/21 - 8/14/21


Trash Boat - Don’t You Feel Amazing? (Hopeless Records)

Been waiting on this one awhile and it did not disappoint. My only nitpick is there were a lot of singles on this and they were really stacked in the front. By the time you get to side b you’ve only heard two new songs? Really craved that Christmas morning feeling.



Unreqvited - Beautiful Ghosts (Prophecy Productions)

Normally I don’t really like black metal (with a few exceptions) but this one is really interesting. This is a Canadian solo artist who set out to write a record about love, which the genre doesn’t really touch upon. It’s honestly really compelling and the instrumentation sounds so full of hope while still being heavy.


If I Die First - They Drew Blood

New EP by the collaborative project between Lil Lotus and From First to Last. More of the same from their EP last year and their split this year. (There’s even a Connie Sgarbossa feature) Still it’s worth checking out especially if you miss that MySpace heavy sound.



Meet Me @ The Altar - Model Citizen (Fueled by Ramen)

More easycore for you! This time a debut EP from a new FbR signing. Don’t think they need my intro though as this band has been blowing up lately and even has a pretty big tour with Coheed & Cambria and The Used this fall. Lots of great performances and the energy doesn’t stop on this one.


Eidola - Hidden Worship / Perennial Philosophy (Rise Records)

Eidola has given us two preview for the new record and it continues to sound like it’s going to be worth the wait. I want to comment on “Hidden Worship” especially though as it’s the first track of the album and I wish we could have waited to hear it and it very much feels like an album intro. Still looking forward to the record and it’s only about a month away at this point.

Ice Nine Kills - Assault & Batteries (Fearless Records)

This is a much better, less cheesy song than the last single. However! The cheesiness is still there. It’s so hard to listen to these tracks with the horror movie ambiance around them like the cut out newscasts. Kind of wish there were single versions of these tracks as I feel that’s more so an album experience thing.


Other Tracks

Adventure Club / Nurko - Colorblind (feat. Dayseeker, Ultra Records)

Andres - Shit Could be Worse

Big Thief - Little Things / Sparrow (4AD)

chloe moriondo - not okay (feat. mazie, Fueled by Ramen)

Courtney Barnett - Before You Gotta Go (Mom+Pop)

Crown the Empire - In Another Life (feat. Courtney LaPlante, Rise Records)

Denzel Curry - The Game (PH Recordings)

Dorian Electra - M’Lady (S3RL remix, feat. Kero Kero Bonito)

Dragged Under - Brainwash Broadcast (feat. Spencer Chamberlain, Mascot Records)

Hawthorne Heights - The Rain Just Follows Me (Pure Noise Records)

I Fight Dragons - Taste for Glory

Indigo de Souza - Real Pain (Saddle Creek)

JID - Ambassel (from the Madden NFL 22 Soundtrack via Interscope Records)

Magdalena Bay - Secrets (Your Fire) (Luminelle Records)

Matt and Kim - Everyone Sucks but You (feat. K.Flay, FADER Distribution)

Phoebe Bridgers - Nothing Else Matters (Metallica cover, Blackened Recordings)

PinkPantheress - Just for me (Parlophones Records)

SHADED - My Nightmare (ie:too ltd)

Sincere Engineer - Coming in Last (Hopeless Records)

Sub Urban / Bella Porch - INFERNO (Warner Records)

This Wild Life - If It’s Cool with You, I’m Cool with Being Through

TURNSTILE - FLY AGAIN (Roadrunner Records)

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