Last week in music, 10/3/21 - 10/9/21

Destroy Boys - Open Mouth, Open Heart (Hopeless)

Never heard of this band before this week so this was a very pleasant surprise! Fun punk record with a lot of spunk and wit, easy recommend this week.



Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World (Luminelle)

Very strong debut from this electronic pop duo. My only wish is that I was able to experience tracks like “Secrets” more organically. All of the singles were great but I feel they are even better with their transitions on the record.



The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Illusory Walls (Epitaph)

This was a lot to take in at seventy minutes with two long tracks, one at fifteen minutes and one at nineteen. I know it’s good but it’s all too much to give you a full exploration in the first week.



From Ashes to New - Quarantine Chronicles Vol. 2 (Better Noise)

Covers EP from FAtN and this was hard to get through even at five tracks. First of all the awful take at Decode in a year where that track is being brought back to the scene’s regular rotation. Then we get back-to-back Avenged Sevenfold and Eninem which have aged poorly enough without these performances.



Spiritual Cramp - Here Comes More Bad News

This has technically been out for awhile but was only put on streaming services in the past week. Some very good punk and a stand out track in “Big Man, Small House” which tackles bands that do a lot of big talking.


Most Anticipated for Next Week: Remi Wolf - Juno (Island)


Other Tracks

bbno$ - yoga (feat. Rebecca Black, from the full-length eat ya veggies)

Circa Survive - Imposter Syndrome (Rise)

Dead by April - Anything at All

ERRA - Vanish Canvas (feat. Courtney LaPlante, UNFD)

Gold Necklace - I Felt it Too (kill iconic)

Point North - STITCH ME UP (Hopeless)

SeeYouSpaceCowboy… - Intersecting Storylines to the Same Tragedy (feat. Aaron Gillespie, Pure Noise)

Softcult - BWBB

Wave Break - Stop the Car

We are the Union / Eve 6 - Sound System (Operation Ivy cover)

Zack Fox - fafo (Parasang)

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