We're off now until Monday May 11th. The show airs on a date which has painful personal significance for us, so if we sound a bit off next month, that's why.
Take care out there and we'll see you next time. 💜
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Immanu El - Ascension
The Stockholm band return next month with their first album in half a decade, beating the rush to drop it midweek. Smart move 🇸🇪 Woven Light is out Wednesday May 14th, and the gorgeous lead single plays us out.
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deathcrash - NYC
The London slowcore band's new album somersaults hurts so good. Beautifully melancholic stuff, typified by this highlight from the record 🌃
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Converge - Hum of Hurt
They released Love is Not Enough in February and are ALREADY back with a new album in June via @deathwishinc.bsky.social. Busy damn year for Jacob Bannon and co, and the lead single goes IN. 📈
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Cable Boy - Forever
The much-buzzed-about Dublin band play the Grand Social on Friday May 15th, don't hang about on tickets!
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Something in My Head 🗄️
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girlfriend - Kitchen Sink
This Dublin band provide support at the aforementioned Enter Shikari gig, with this song marking their first new material of 2026. The follow-up to To Be Quiet is on the way 💧
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Enter Shikari - Find Out the Hard Way...
🚨THIS IS NOT A DRILL, BRAND NEW ENTER SHIKARI 🚨
Their surprise-dropped new record Lose Your Self is out now; they're in Dublin next week (and probably back next year). Great time to be a fan 👽
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Daniel Avery - Tremor
Pretty damn essential if you ask us. His hybrid full band/DJ live set at Opium was packed and it was a non-stop thrill ride for an hour and a half. More like Great Friday. The Midnight Versions take on Tremor is out now via @dominorecordco.bsky.social. 🫨
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newhvn - Spring Time Blues
Another from the Irish band, whose shoegaze-y left turn pairs well with what's coming next today. This is the title track from their debut album, out Friday 🌼
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Death Cab For Cutie - Riptides
They teased new music earlier this year, and album 11 is on the way, also on Friday June 5th. It's called I Built You A Tower, out via @antirecords.bsky.social, & they play the 3Olympia on Wednesday 16th (low tickets) & Thursday 17th September 🗼
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Seahaven - Midnight Hour
Bands with 'haven' in their name on today's show count: 2
These Californians sure like to take their time between albums, with June 5th bringing the release of their third in 12 years. It's self-titled, and the lead single is a heater 🔥
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CQ Wrestling - Pacifico
Disillusionment, burnout and the grind are real concerns for bands at a certain level, and CQ Wrestling almost walked away, but the Manchester band are back with the aptly-named Resistance on May 22nd. 🤼
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Wynona Bleach - Religion
We last caught this Belfast band supporting October Drift (RIP) on their I Don't Belong Anywhere tour while waiting patiently for new music. It's on the way in the form of new album Animal Style, arriving May 29th ⛪
HIGH VOLTAGE TRACK OF THE MONTH ⚡
Mary in the Junkyard - Crash Landing
Our first exposure to this London band was their Murder Capital support slot in Dublin last year - we've been waiting for new music since then & DAMN WAS THIS WORTH THE WAIT. Their debut album Role Model Hermit is out in July.
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Sly Withers - The Hallway
Capping off hour one with this STUNNER from the Perth band's new album To Be Honest. It's out now and you can grab it digitally for $2 AUD if you like. Band-sanctioned and all! Great deal, tbh.
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Motion City Soundtrack - Mi Corazón
The Minneapolis band take The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World to Dublin next month, playing Opium on Tuesday May 26th.
Fuck ICE. Justice for all their victims. Chinga la migra. ❤️
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Joyce Manor - I Used to Go to This Bar
Brought to you by the Smoothest Transition of All Time, this is the title track from the Californians' excellent new album, released on @epitaphrecords.bsky.social in January. They're coming to Dublin in October and play The Academy on Sat 10th 🍺
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newhvn - Spring Time Blues
We loved their work as A Burial at Sea (who we saw support Caspian in London in 2022), but a change in direction means a new name and a fresh start for this Irish band. Here for it!
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Decline, Design
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LIFE - Turning In
If we weren't so partial to this Hull band we'd be a bit put out at their album, announced in February, not landing until mid-June, but we are, so we'll forgive them. The second single from ABSTRACT/NATURAL is good enough they get a pass, either way. 🛌
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big long sun - call it a voice
We were on some six-degrees-of-separation stuff on Instagram last month* and discovered this band through it. Glad we did, just in time for the Brighton band's third album 'love songs and spiritual recollections', out next Wednesday 🪬
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Guillotine - Haunted
Songs called Haunted on today's show counter: 2
This promising southern-UK band vanished in 2019 then popped back up last year with their first new music in six years. Following on from that, this song trails up the band's debut album A Lesser Key, out in July. 👻👻
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Converge - Dark Horse
Along with Rolo Tomassi, this Salem, MA band provided our 'in' to the world of metal 17 whole years ago, and here's the song that did it, from 2009's Axe to Fall 🐴
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Love Rarely - Haunted
Songs called 'Haunted' on today's show counter: 1
This chaotic Leeds band dropped their debut album Pain Travels on Friday via @bsmrocks.bsky.social and the new single is extremely us, gonna run to check out the full thing later 👻
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Death Cab For Cutie - You Are A Tourist
Coming up on almost 15 years of this album, please stop. The lead single from 2011's Codes & Keys, with more to come from the returning Bellingham band in hour two 🌇
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YARD - Essential Tremor
The opener from last November's YARD II EP, and also their set supporting Daniel Avery in Dublin a couple weeks back. Did this while our back was turned, we're watching you lads 👀
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Cable Boy - Forever
ALL of the singles from this have been absolute slam dunks and we can't wait to hear the full thing at the weekend.
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Drought
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Tigercub - A Black Moon
We're coming out SWINGING today. The Brighton band's new album Nets to Catch the Wind was released Friday and is very much worth your time. This year also marks 10 years since debut album Abstract Figures in the Dark on @ilovealcopop.bsky.social 🕸️
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Prince Daddy & The Hyena - Birthday
Been waiting a couple months to play this one! It opens the Albany band's impending Hotwire Trip Switch, out Friday 🎂
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aoif3 - Every Time I Close My Eyes
We couldn't decide which of the four songs on Aoife Nic Uidhir's excellent debut EP to start with so reluctantly settled on this. They're all EXTREMELY good. Keep your eyes open and peeled. 👀
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🎶 Enter Shikari - System... Meltdown
💿 A Flash Flood of Colour (2012)
Straight in there. You know we had to - powering up today with two from Enter Shikari, who are set to storm the Academy next Tuesday. It is sold out AS HELL but you'd expect that 📉