Quieter day in the inbox, and I’m not mad at that situation.

• Blackened grindcore sounds like a good enough thing to start with. Apes will unveil their latest full-length on June 14 through Secret Swarm Records, titled Penitence. Give the video for “Coffin” a watch here.
• Out of Debemur Morti, Insect Ark (the project featuring Dana Schechter of Swans and Tim Wyskida of Khanate) have set June 7 as the release date for “Raw Blood Singing”. Give “Youth Body Swayed” a listen here.
• Some psych rock sounds good for today as well. The Sonic Dawn revealed their new single “Pan Am”. That’s taken from their upcoming fifth album, Phantom, which gets here on May 10 through Heavy Psych Sounds.
• Slim Cessna’s Auto Club performed at FITM, so they get a shoutout. A new LP, Kinnery of Lupercalia: Buell Legion, arrives on may 31 through SCAC Unincoporated. We’ll keep eyes and ears open for new tunes to come.
• And we’ll close out with the new video from Wage War for “Magnetic”. They’re co-headlining a North American run, joined by Nothing More as well as Veil of Maya and Sleep Theory, kicking off next month.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb