Raw, unfiltered alternative energy: I Ya Toyah delivers a hard-edged industrial confrontation born from frustration and emotional overload, while Apology drives deeper with crushing riffs and hypnotic grooves exploring the dangerous line between justified pain and entitlement. The City Gates unfold a nocturnal post-punk landscape on Chimera — brooding rhythms meeting shimmering shoegaze walls of sound — as Snatch the Snail strips back to essentials on Full Wet, prioritizing feel over polish in their best album yet. Elly Kace casts intimate spells with strings, analog synths, and vocal layering on the seventh gate, while Jonathan Hadley navigates CPTSD with unflinching honesty — "there is no villain here, just damages."
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Guillotine / Time Doesn't Exist
A warning shot to the elite who take their power for granted.
Slippery When Wet
Truck Stop Annie: Ballad of the Lot Lizard
A tune based on an erotic short story of the same name, about a beautiful lizard shapeshifter who feeds on unsuspecting truckers looking for a good time.