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The Mystery Lights have shared a new 7″, “Before You Realize It” b/w “Cerebral Crack” via Daptone Records.

A press release shared from Daptone said this: “The Mystery Lights return with a brand new, MC5-flavored banger “Before You Realize It”. With its pummeling rhythm section, searing guitars and singer Mike Brandon’s frantic, shout-sing delivery, “Before You Realize It” is a rare example of a band at peak power capturing the raw, chaotic energy of their live show onto 8-track tape. On the flip you’ll find the lysergic nightmare “Cerebral Crack”. A creeping, psychedelic hell-ride into the nether regions of the human psyche.”

The Sophs have released their debut single, “Sweat”, available now via Rough Trade.

Rough Trader shared this about the song, band and demo: “”The Sophs” arrived out of the great blue yonder. It’s rare that a demo that arrives in the post sets your heart racing and sends you off on a quest to track down its sender. But that’s what happened when we listened to the music sent to us by Ethan Ramon.”

The video for the song was directed and edited by Eric Daniels.

Ethan Ramon shared this about the song: “To me, the song feels like an attempt to overcompensate in the face of grief, one that fails misterably and ends with you being swallowed whole. I tried to capture the moment when the tension breaks and you realize you’re no longer in control of your emotions; your emotions are in control of you. That realization is humbling.”

Sprints have shared the first single, “Descartes”, off their upcoming album “All That Is Over” out September 26th via Sub Pop.

TRACKLIST:
1. Abandon
2. To The Bone
3. Descartes
4. Need
5. Beg
6. Rage
7. Something’s Gonna Happen
8. Pieces
9. Better
10. Coming Alive
11. Desire

Karla Chubb shared this about the song: “Descartes” is inspired by the line “Vanity is the curse of our culture” from Rachel Cusk’s novel Outline. A lot of the negativity you see in the world is rooted in vanity and the ego that your beliefs or identity are more important than somebody else’s. ‘Descartes’ explores the idea that writing for me is not just a tool to make music but a tool to process the world.”

The video for the song was directed Niamh Bryson.

Lathe Of Heaven have shared the first single, “Aurora”, off their upcoming album of the same name out August 29th via Sacred Bones.

TRACKLIST:
01. Exodus
02. Aurora
03. Portrait Of A Scorched-Earth
04. Just Beyond The Reach Of Light
05. Oblivion
06. Kaleidoscope
07. Matrix Of Control
08. Catatonia
09. Infinity’s Kiss
10. Automation Bias
11. Rorschach

Lathe Of Heaven shared this about the video: “Our new music video “Aurora” was a collaborative effort between the band, Devan (the director), prop designer ESTR and the FX producer Ali. Together we conspired to elucidate the thematic intention of the song through tropes found in science fiction movies, art and literature. Fittingly, as the title track of the album, it ties in ideas that are evoked in the album artwork through a video format. Combined with our budgetary restrictions and DIY ethos, the final product resulted in something we think exposes a truly raw and honest depiction of both who we are as a band and who we one day hope to be.”

The Beths have shared the second single, “No Joy”, off their upcoming album “Straight Line Was A Lie” out August 29th via ANTI-.

TRACKLIST:
01. Mosquitoes
02. No Joy
03. Metal
04. Mother, Pray for Me
05. Til My Heart Stops
06. Take
07. Roundabout
08. Ark of the Covenant
09. Best Laid Plans

Elizabeth Stokes said this about the song via a press release: “It’s about anhedonia, which, paradoxically, was there both in the worst parts of depression, and then also when I was feeling pretty numb on my SSRI. It wasn’t that I was sad, I was feeling pretty good. It was just that I didn’t like the things that I liked. I wasn’t getting joy from them. It’s very literal.”

The video for the song was directed, shot and edited by Frances Carter.

The Armed have shared the second single, “Kingbreaker”, off their upcoming album “The Future Is Here And It Needs To Be Destroyed” out August 1st via Sargent House.

TRACKLIST:
01 “Well Made Play”
02 “Purity Drag”
03 “Kingbreaker”
04 “Grace Obscure”
05 “Broken Mirror” (Feat. Prostitute)
06 “Sharp Teeth”
07 “I Steal What I Want”
08 “Local Millionaire”
09 “Gave Up”
10 “Heathen”
11 “A More Perfect Design”

The for the song was directed by Aaron Jones and Tony Wolski.

Tony Wolski shared this about the album: “It’s music for a statistically wealthy population that somehow can’t afford food or medicine; endlessly scrolling past vacation photos, gym selfies, and images of child amputees in the same feed. It reflects the dissociation required just to exist in that reality.”

Las Tussi have shared the first single, “Corpiños”, off what will be their debut LP via Hora Cero Records.

The song was recorded and produced by Estanislao Lopez, and he shared this about the song: “New Tussi Era, New Tussi song…a good kick in the neck to wake the sleepy minds of today…no bullshit no disguises, just pure Tussi action”.

Automatic have shared the first single, “Is It Now?”, off their upcoming album of the same name to be released later this year via Stones Throw.

The video for the song was directed by Nicola and Juliana Giraffe.

Izzy Glaudini shared this about the song: “The thing I think about the most on a day-to-day basis is: how do you have a sense of joy while the world seems to be collapsing, and you feel so powerless? I feel like, as American citizens, we have a responsibility to pull the levers to stop the machine. “Is It Now?” is about trying to not feel like a victim in this environment. It’s important to still feel a sense of joy, even amongst all the horrible shit going on in the world.”

Young Fathers have shared that they’ve scored the new Danny Boyle film “28 Years Later” and the score is available now via Milan Records.

The film is a direct sequel to Danny Boyle’s film “28 Days Later” and the tag line is: “It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escapeda biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.”