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Friend Of A Friend have shared the first single, “beautiful ppl”, off their upcoming album “Desire!” out sometime in April via Earth Librarian.

The band shared this about “beautiful ppl”: “We made this song on tour with Jessica and Jordan for a few weeks. It just sort of appeared. Desire as the sword.”

They also shared this regarding the recording of the album: “The making of “Desire!” was defined by the environment: a sprawling Victorian mansion in Illinois chosen for its seclusion, reverb-friendly spaces, and serene desert surroundings. Initially, the house seemed like the perfect creative retreat, but its unsettling presence quickly revealed itself. Strange creaks and unexplained noises filled the nights, and both of us (Claire and Jason), usually unfazed by old houses, found ourselves sleeping with the doors open, gripped by an unshakable sense that we weren’t alone.

We tried to make it feel like home. We lit candles, baked bread, cooked elaborate meals—anything to fill the space with warmth. It was as if we were pushing back against something intangible, trying to ground ourselves while leaning into the house’s energy.

Three days in, we received an ominous call from the homeowner. He started the conversation casually, and then he just said, ‘By the way, the townspeople might tell you that the house is haunted.’” The owner went on to reveal that the house had been a gathering place for 19th-century spiritualists and was the site of the first documented exorcism in the United States. To our surprise, the house had also inspired a horror film and was well-documented in paranormal circles.

This revelation shifted our understanding of the house and the album. It all clicked. The weird energy, the sleepless nights, the feeling that the songs were coming from somewhere outside ourselves. It wasn’t just us in that house. Instead of retreating, we leaned into the experience. The house became a collaborator, with its echoes and energy weaving themselves into the fabric of the album.

From the first day, the house’s ambiance shaped the recording process. Its creaks, bird calls, and eerie silence became part of the sonic palette. The place was alive in its own way. It all seeped into the music—every sound, every take. We recorded mostly at night in dimly lit rooms, capturing an urgency that permeates the record. It felt like we were chasing something fleeting. We didn’t want to lose it.”

The Jesus Lizard have released a digital stand alone single, “Westside”, available now via Ipecac.

Duane Denison shared this about it: “’Westside’ goes along with the previous single, ‘Cost of Living”, which was subconsciously influenced by Leonard Bernstein’s ‘West Side Story’ and hence the name. Really.”

David Yow shared this about it: “There is a part in ‘Westside’ where the lyrics say, ‘… give him back his arm.’ That was inspired by David Lynch’s ‘Lost Highway,’ when Robert Blake’s character says, ‘Give me back my phone.’”

Alabaster DePlume has shared the first single, “Oh My Actual Days”, off his upcoming album “A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole” out March 7th via International Anthem.

TRACKLIST:

01. Oh My Actual Days
02. Thank You My Pain
03. Invincibility
04. Form a V
05. A Paper Man
06. Who Are You Telling, Gus
07. Prayer For My Sovereign Dignity
08. Kuzushi
09. Salty Road Dogs Victory Anthem
10. Too True
11. That Was My Garden

Alabaster DePlume shared this about the single: “We can, if we choose, read this phrase as a call to the divinity of the moment we are in. Wherever we are, whatever is happening, it is our own life – a life that is made up of the time (the days – the actual days) that we spend. And we call to this – the only real thing that we have. Our time. Whatever we are experiencing it belongs to us, it is the ‘actual’ moment we are in. And it is divine. This is the introduction to the album.”

The video was directed by artist Rebecca Salvadori, who also shot the album cover.

Alabaster DePlume shared this about the title of the album: “A blade, because a blade is whole, it has forgiven itself, and because it will take a small piece of our opposite, for us to be complete. A blade has marked out these former selves on my hand, a blade made the lines that divine us and the blade is whole. A blade. While I forgive myself, and heal, and lead us in healing. We can only forgive each other once we forgive ourselves. We can only heal each other while we heal ourselves.”

Deep Sea Diver have shared the second single, “Shovel”, off their upcoming album “Billboard Heart” out February 28th via Sub Pop.

The video was co-directed by Jessica Dobson and Peter Mansen.

Jessica Dobson shared this about the song: “‘Shovel’ is one of the most angular and dualistic songs I’ve written, and I wanted to do a one-shot video that captured the grit, rawness, and intensity of the song. Simply put, it is me digging and dancing with a shovel in the middle of the night, desperately looking for beauty in dark places. Influenced by Lynch, the Cohen brothers, Nick Cave, and the sweet dance moves of Kate Bush.”

Lucy Dacus has shared 2 new singles, “Ankles” and “Limerence”, off her upcoming album “Forever Is A Feeling” out March 28th.

Lucy Dacus shared this about the album: “I got kicked in the head with emotions. Falling in love, falling out of love…. You have to destroy things in order to create things. And I did destroy a really beautiful life. You can’t actually capture forever. But I think we feel forever in moments. I don’t know how much time I’ve spent in forever, but I know I’ve visited.”

The video for “Ankles” was directed by M. Amberson.

The Horrors have shared the fourth single, “More Than Life”, off their upcoming album “Night Life” out March 21st via Fiction.

The Horrors shared this about the song: “‘More Than Life’ has a different type of intensity to our recent singles, it’s more driving and direct. It was written in the middle of Canary Wharf, which looks more like Blade Runner everyday. It’s such a strange place to do anything creative as the surroundings feel particularly stark. We still needed a couple more songs for the album before going to LA to record at Yves’ studio, and we were in that insular part of the process where it feels like the outside world doesn’t exist. The song is basically about the question of what matters to you and by that point we were definitely clear on where we were heading.”

The video for the song was directed by Paris Seawell.

FACS have shared the third single, “You Future”, off their upcoming album “Wish Defense” out February 7th via Trouble In Mind Records.

Brian Case shared this about the song: “The final track is also the final action, look in the mirror and ask the questions. It’s a future self talking to a “you” from the past, assessing the path up until this point, questioning who you are. We bookended the album with the two songs that felt the most vulnerable and I think that really works with this idea of examining and challenging who you are and the perception of who you are.”

PINK TURNS BLUE have shared the second single, “Stay For The Night”, off their upcoming album “Black Swan” out February 28th via Orden Records.

Mic Jogwer shared this about the song: “‘Stay for the Night’ is a song meant for the dance floor. The key message of the song is about unequal love, with one person wanting to leave the relationship or the group or going home instead of staying in the club with their (black-clad) friends and the other person asking to stay to sort things out, to give the relationship or the evening another chance. This is also a love song to the post-punk/goth rock community for being with all these years. Very often, we stay for the after-show party and immerse ourselves in the very open-minded and diverse dancing crowd. This is home. After the show, we can just close our eyes and float with the music and our friends… All we need is love. All we need is friends. Thank you so much for being with us. See you on the dance floor.”

Meat Wave have released 2 new songs, “Voicemail” and “Dehydrated”, available now via their Bandcamp page.

No additional information has been provided about the songs. No tour announcements (yet). No album release information (yet). Just this digital 7′. Enjoy.

https://meatwavechicago.bandcamp.com/album/voicemail-dehydrated