THIRSTY CURSES share "Ride These Rails" from John Agnello produced album Music Is a Scam

"There’s a ramshackle element to the music on the new record that firmly places this talented band alongside such Raleigh-reared greats as The dBs and Let’s Active." -- Rock & Roll Globe

"A refined take on the band’s punk-pop sound that showcases its most sophisticated hooks to date." -- Big Takeover

"Clever and folksy punk-pop." -- Glide Magazine

“An epic, battered-and-bruised finesse.” — Magnet Magazine

Raleigh, NC band Thirsty Curses share a new single today from their forthcoming fifth album, Music is a Scam. It was produced by John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr, Kurt Vile, Screaming Trees). Hear and share "Ride These Rails" via That's Good Enough For Me HERE. (Direct on all DSPs HERE.)

 

Magnet Magazine recently premiered the lead single & video for "Bombs Away" HERE. Previous single/video "Reading & Writing" launched via PunkNews HERE (And on all DSPs HERE.) Watch/share the "Reading Rainbow" inspired video via YouTube HERE.

Thirsty Curses is an eclectic rock band from Raleigh, NC, which The Big Takeover called "too good to be this anonymous."  The band pulls from various influences including punk, alt-country/Americana, classic rock, and power pop alongside the distinct songwriting, lyricisms, and delivery of frontman Wilson Getchell.  No one sounds quite like Thirsty Curses. 

Thirsty Curses currently consists of Wilson Getchell (guitar, piano, vocals), Clayton Herring (bass), and Jeremiah Rhodes (drums).  Thirsty Curses has built up a dedicated and passionate following over the last several years, during which time they released four studio albums, several standalone singles, a best-of vinyl compilation (Fake Chapter Records) and a library of music videos, all the while consistently performing throughout much of the eastern United States.

The band's fifth album, Music is a Scam is scheduled for release on February 27, 2025. Music is a Scam was engineered and co-produced by John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr., Kurt Vile, The Hold Steady, etc.), and features guest appearances from Kelley Otwell (guitar), Tee Corbett (trumpet), and Jason Froeber (saxophone). The new album consists of twelve songs, spanning gritty punk (Buried by the Wave, Bombs Away) to heart-wrenching ballads (This Time, All That's Left of Us Now), with a show tune or two thrown in for good measure.  

Thirsty Curses is recommended for fans of The Replacements, Deer Tick, Ramshackle Glory, Henry Clay People, The Old 97s, Against Me!, The Silver Jews, and Modest Mouse. 

Music is a Scam will be available on Limited Edition LP and digitally on February 27, 2025. 

Artist: Thirsty Curses

Album: Music is a Scam

Label: self-released

Release Date: February 27, 2025

01. Buried By The Wave

02. Foot In The Door

03. How To Stay Afloat

04. All That’s Left of Us Now

05. Diesel

06. Ride These Rails

07. Tattoo Graveyard

08. Bombs Away

09. Grandma Betty

10. Reading and Writing

11. This Time

12. Breakfast Schmekfast

On The Web:

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VERBIAN share new single & live in-studio video for "Fruta Caída do Mar" from forthcoming album on Lost Future Records

“Fast-paced, energetic, psychedelic post-metal... And it also rocks as all hell. I just love the concise approach to songwriting here.” – Heavy Blog is Heavy

"Live and dangerous, pulsating prog and post rock from Porto's over trio." -- Echoes & Dust

"Taking cues from early ISIS, stoner doom, Krautrock as well as Latin rhythms, the track marries metallic darkness and soundtrack spaciness with a propulsive heft." -- Decibel Magazine

Porto, PT trio Verbian shares a new single and live in-studio video from their forthcoming new album on Lost Future Records, Casarder today via Echoes & Dust. Hear/watch and share "Fruta Caída do Mar" HERE. (Direct on all DSPs HERE.)

Heavy Blog is Heavy recently launched the official video for "Não vai o Diabo Tecê-las" which features an impressive live-in-studio version of the song HERE. (Direct YouTube.) Decibel Magazine hosted the single release HERE. 

Verbian understands that evolution is essential to heavy music. And so is commitment to revealing profound emotions and letting artistic expression take your music wherever you dare to go. 

“Casarder speaks a little about the insecurities of artistic expression and personal exposure when it comes to fearing being judged for something that is somewhat outside of what is done in each artist's niche,” the band explains. “This was the theme that also inspired the album cover.”

The distorted, anxious and surrealist visual style of the album’s cover art (see below, painted by artist Madalena Pinta) speaks perfectly to the album’s direct albeit melted psychedelic electronic post-metal. Riff after riff comes and goes, never wearing out its welcome, and instead pulling listeners along on a sonic journey through Salvador Dali landscapes of rock forms, pulled apart and reconfigured into mesmerizing new ones. The mostly instrumental album never lingers on a part too long, never wastes a note. It’s angry, driving and multilayered without sounding overly technical or indulgent. 

Since their founding in 2015, the Porto, Portugal band’s music has continued to push forward and fuse genres from metal, rock, electronic, experimental percussion and more into a concise, powerful sound. Guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Vasco Reis was originally joined by drummer Filipe Romariz, with bassist/keyboardist/vocalist Alexandre Silva joining in 2017 to solidify the trio. Following Romariz’s departure in 2022, drummer/percussionist Guilherme Gonçalves brought an evermore hard-hitting feel to Verbian’s sound. 

Verbian’s 2019 self-released debut album JAEZ was followed in 2021 by Irrupção on Italy's Antigony Records. Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Verbian showcased Irrupção at venues like the Hard Club (Porto) and toured cities including Braga, Viana do Castelo, Santiago de Compostela, and Aveiro. Upon Gonçalves joining the lineup in 2022, the band toured cities like Toulouse, Clermont-Ferrand, Santander, and at the Romaria Cultural in Gouveia. They

concluded the year with an Iberian tour alongside Catalan band Syberia, visiting Vigo, Porto, and Coruña.

Casarder was recorded with a different approach from their previous efforts. Produced by Verbian and Daniel Valente, the trio did all of the preproduction in the studio, live. “We then built a tempo map and after that we did overdubs,” the band explains. “But the biggest difference was that these were the first songs we wrote with Guilherme on the drums and we believe that is why it's so different from the previous albums. He brought a new and fresh groove to our music, maintaining the heaviness.”

Casarder will be available on Limited Edition LP and download on March 21st, 2025 via Lost Future Records. Pre-orders are available HERE. 

 

Artist: Verbian

Album: Casarder

Record Label: Lost Future Records

Release Date: March 21st, 2025

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Chicago DIY post-punks STARING PROBLEM share "Neon" official video via New Noise from their new album on Modern Tapes

"There is a gloomy kind of warmth to these songs that draws you in. They have created a world all their own here, and it’s a fascinating one to take a trip through." -- Maximum RockandRoll

"Draws heavily from 80s goth and postpunk, though their deft melodies give even their coldest songs a therapeutic warmth—and they sometimes break from the genre’s obvious reference points with infusions of classic girl-group sweetness." -- Chicago Reader

"With a haunting melody reminiscent of Wise-era Cure and an echoing, distant-yet-powerful vocal performance from Owen, this is post-punk that harkens back to the greats of the genre while still putting a stamp of Staring Problem’s distinctive personality on it.” — New Noise Magazine

Chicago DIY gloomgaze band Staring Problem share the official video for "Neon" from their recently released album today via New Noise. Watch & share "Neon" HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Hear & share the full album Equinox on all DSPs HERE. 

The idea for Staring Problem was simple: a post-punk, no-wave project. For over 15 years, the band has existed in one form or another as an amalgamation of ethereal pop and goth with a dash of noise sprinkled throughout.

The current lineup is Lauren Owen, Michael Erickson and Andrew Jarosh. With the exception of “Don’t Tell A Soul” — an old song that was never properly released — all material on Equinox is new and collaboratively written by Owen, Erickson and Jarosh. Lyrics were penned by Owen and Erickson alongside two close friends of the band, Robert Komen and Jessica Beaty, the subjects touching on shifts in awareness for mental health, sociopolitical issues, environmental concerns and technology. The album was recorded in 2023 by Matt Russell at Altered States Studio in Chicago.

Equinox will follow in the footsteps of prior Staring Problem records and release via Modern Tapes on December 20th, 2024. The album is a full-circle moment for Staring Problem: giving way to the band’s strongest lineup and output to date, the past and present joining hands to create an Equinox. Orders are available HERE. 

Artist: Staring Problem

Album: Equinox

Record Label: Modern Tapes

Release Date: December 20, 2024

01. Fortitude

02. The Void

03. Don't Tell a Soul

04. Branches II

05. Neon

06. Programmed

07. Waves

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