Post-Punk Project Unlettered Roasts the Polished Lie of Modern Identity With “Burn After Reading” — Post-Punk.com What a ghastly carnival we’ve built, where every grin comes lacquered, every wound gets edited out, and the missing pieces are praised as discipline, branding, “professionalism.” The influencer learns...

Excited to share our new LP "Devil's Bowl" will be released on June 26, 2026. The first single "Burn After Reading" just premiered on @post-punk.com.web.brid.gy.

"Devil’s Bowl lands as a fever reading taken in public".

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Unlettered's Five Mile Point LP selected at Tom's Top Ten of 2025 on The Daily Vault. "The brainchild of Mike Knowlton, as Unlettered he creates droning post punk that’s dissonant, hypnotic, and noisy yet melodic in his own way."

Meat Whiplash – Collected / Contextualized DLP (Silver Girl Records) Often overlooked yet a cult band in the underground circles that influenced so many bands over the years, Meat Whiplash is one of those bands that deserves your utmost attention if you’re int…

Congratulations Silver Girl Records on this excellent review of this Double LP. "Silver Girl Records deserves immense credit for bringing this project to fruition." Unlettered was honored to be a very small part of this.

BEST OF 2024 - Ghettoblaster Magazine As we edge closer to the end (of the year), it seems everything that happened was supposed to happen. Aside from the Luigi Mangione/Brian Thompson shooting/killing, there wasn’t anything we didn’t exp...

What an unexpected early Christmas gift. @ghttblstrmgzn.bsky.social included Unlettered's LP Five Mile Point in it's Best of 2024. Honestly humbled to be listed with some of the artists in this list. Thank you!
"Unlettered is not to be fucked with."
- Ghettoblaster Magazine

Unlettered’s Mike Knowlton on Loss, Inspiration, and the Sonic Tension of Five Mile Point Unlettered, the boundary-pushing post-punk project led by multi-instrumentalist Mike Knowlton, dropped their new album Five Mile Point on November 22, w...

Blood Makes Noise interviewed me about Unlettered, the album Five Mile Point, the creative process and more. Couldn't help but give the bands Cardiel, Shame and Squid a shout out too!

Thank you @rosyoverdrive.com for Reviewing Poem Rocket's EP Lend-Lease!

"...a marvel of well-orchestrated indie rock..."

Thank you Queen City Sounds and Art for the recent review! "...as though you’re hearing an unconventional melodic structure as the song is undeniably catchy in its splintery and maximalist lo-fi glory."

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Listening Now : Unlettered – Leave Behind Unlettered’s Leave Behind is a haunting exploration of the masks we wear and the legacies they leave behind. It’s about how the personas we craft can outlast our true selves—what’s revealed v…

Thank you @lastdaydeaf.bsky.social for reviewing Unlettered's "Leave Behind", the second single off of Five Mile Point.

"A must-hear for anyone into the perfect blend of noise and reflection."
- Last Day Deaf

Poem Rocket – Lend-Lease 12″ EP (Silver Girl Records) Imagine a world where art is both a weapon and a lifeline, a desperate scream into the void, accompanied by a careful and clever exploration of form and structure. That’s the essence of Lend-Lease,…

Thank you Thoughts Words Action for the review of Lend Lease. "This EP isn’t just a rediscovered gem, it’s a call to action, a reminder of what can happen when a band refuses to settle for anything less than complete artistic integrity."
- Djordje Miladinović / Thoughts Words Action

Mad Painter, Leopold Nunan, Miles To One, and other talented artists feature on LITM Rock Picks<br/> — Lost In The Manor This edition of LITM Rock Picks brings music that you cannot forget from artists Mad Painter, Leopold Nunan, Miles To One, Goetia, and Unlettered.

Excited to share Unlettered's "She is Inside You" was included in Lost In the Manor's Rock Picks. "...takes you into a dark and moody world where lofty, heaving guitar riffs tower above casting their dissonant shadows on the soundscape, while thumping drum beats fuel the sound with steady momentum."

Pet Sounds #19: Unlettered Spell Joy for Foster Dogs In the latest installment of our Pet Sounds series, we check in with post-punks Unlettered, who go the extra mile by foster-parenting dogs.

Thanks New Noise Magazine for the interview!

Oliver Pinder, Poem Rocket, Neovenator, and others bring absorbing rock releases in LITM Rock Picks — Lost In The Manor In this edition of LITM Rock Picks, prepare to witness searing energy and rousing emotions from artists Oliver Pinder, Poem Rocket, Neovenator, Blue Orchid Reaction, and Little Wasters.

Thank you Lost in the Manor for the LEND-LEASE review. Here is an excerpt: "a dark, formidable, and alluring sound that forms through foreboding, gravelly guitar riffs, pensive, steady drums, and enigmatic, hypnotic vocal".

Thank you Analyze My Lyrics for the Five Mile Point review:
"...offers a hauntingly beautiful journey through sound and emotion".
www.analyzemylyrics.com/unlettered/

New Music | Friday Roll Out: Unlettered, Tombstones In Their Eyes, Seán Barna, Kim Deal - Ghettoblaster Magazine Hailing from the depths of those Colorado mean streets comes one Seán Barna delivering his Internal Trembling EP (Kill Rock Stars Nashville). This isn’t Barna’s first go-around as the five tracks on t...

Thank you @ghttblstrmgzn.bsky.social for including Unlettered in the New Music Friday Roll Out. "On Five Mile Point the chaos is controlled with prowess and that’s something that’s not easily done. For Unlettered though, it seems much too easy. That’s when you know you have something worthwhile."

Unlettered - Five Mile Point - (self-released)

Thank you @bigtakeovermag!

"Like all good music, you can’t pigeonhole what Unlettered does, and Five Mile Point brilliant swirls and spirals between sonic worlds confounding anyone trying to tag it or tie it down. Just as all great music should."
- Dave Franklin / The Big Takeover

Thank you @bandcampofficial.bsky.social for including Unlettered's new album "Five Mile Point" in New and Notable. They describe it as "Big, booming rock that favors slow, clobbering riffs and minor keys—hypnotic and ominous." Check it out on Bandcamp (unlettered.bandcamp.com/album/five-m...).

Thank you @idreamofvinyl.bsky.social!

Discover: Unlettered – She Is Inside You This noisy post-punk track comes from Unlettered’s forthcoming album! ‘She Is Inside You’ is a hectic track that’s centred around monotonous vocals which are set to melodic,…

Thank you @mixitallup.bsky.social!!

New Music: Unlettered – Leave Behind | AnalogueTrash There’s a rich seam of creative and combustible material on Five Mile Point, the new album from Florida-based Unlettered. Leave Behind is a perfect example of its vivid and visceral soundscapes. Five ...

"...wonderfully dissonant guitar, dark riffs, and incisive vocals." Thank you for the review @analoguetrash.com!

"Overall, Five Mile Point is a great showcase that proves that Mike Knowlton is a menace on the guitar in the best ways." A menace...and 4 scum drops of out 5. Thank you @scummywatertower.bsky.social!!

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Today is the day! Unlettered's new LP Five Mile Point is out in the world. I will share reviews as they come but perhaps the most appreciated so far is from Flyctory who says that "Five Mile Point is definitely no mainstream music". Damn straight.

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Pressing Concerns: Vista House, Unlettered, Orillia, Luna Honey Hello again, readers! This Thursday Pressing Concerns looks at three albums that are coming out tomorrow, November 22nd, provided to us by Vista House, Unlettered, and Luna Honey. We also look at a…

New blog post! Wrote about new albums from Vista House, Unlettered (@unlettered.bsky.social), Orillia, and Luna Honey:

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Poem Rocket's Lend-Lease EP marks a triumphant return after 25 years | UNXIGNED The long-lost EP from NYC's Poem Rocket offers a thrilling mix of post-punk and art rock.

Here's a review on Unxigned of Lend-Lease. Here is a snippet - "The track's sense of urgency anchors the EP's exploration of fascism, ethics, and the tension between the past and the future."

Poem Rocket: Depth Charge Underground music and pop culture through the pains of existence Shoegaze, post punk, noise rock, post rock, post metal, gothic, darkwave, alternative

Here is a short review of LEND-LEASE from Destroy/Exist. "Lend Lease feels quite exciting, as it introduces a new chapter for Poem Rocket, offering an intriguing sound which will satisfy long-time listeners, and those who currently discover the band."

LEND-LEASE 12" Wrapped in an exquisite gatefold sleeve, this very limited edition 180-gram clear vinyl 12" and 24-page booklet is available with a download code.

Lend-Lease, the “lost” EP, recorded in 1999 and all but forgotten—is OUT NOW. Silver Girl Records presents Poem Rocket’s “lost” EP. On limited edition 12" gatefold with clear 180-gram vinyl and 24-page booklet insert, or on streaming services everywhere.
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Listen to the Experimental Post-Punk of Unlettered's New Single "Leave Behind" — Post-Punk.com We are makers of masks, artisans of our own disguises, shaping and shading ourselves to be seen, accepted, or remembered. Each day, we slip into these façades, crafted with care, adjusting them to fit...

Yesterday the second single off of Unlettered's new LP was released. It's called "Leave Behind" and it premiered on post-punk.com - they called it "invoking the raw spirit of NYC’s 90s experimental scene". I'll take it!

UNLETTERED - Five Mile Point / She Is Inside You (Official Audio) YouTube video by Unlettered

Check out the first single "She is Inside You" from Unlettered's new album FIVE MILE POINT. Release date is 11/22/24. Available for pre-order on bandcamp: unlettered.bandcamp.com/album/five-m...

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