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It's Closeness, It's Easy, It's Planning for Burial

Posted in Records on March 17, 2025

Planning for Burial returns, sharing the brand new single "A Flowing Field of Green" in advance of the band's first album in eight years. The new album, It’s Closeness, It’s Easy, is set to release on May 30 via The Flenser.

A solo project of Thom Wasluck, it's the first new album since Below the House (2017).

To paraphrase, the album themes involves managing the weight of life, specifically how experiences stick with you and continue to inspire or burden.

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Planning for Burial on tour:

May 31  Toronto, ON - Prepare The Ground (Live Scoring “The Phantom Carriage”)
Jun. 08  Swoyersville, PA - Guild Hall (acoustic set)
Jun. 13  Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups*
Jun. 14  Davenport, IA - Raccoon Motel*
Jun. 16  Chicago IL - Subterranean*
Jun. 17  Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club*
Jun. 18  Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry
Jun. 19  Fargo, ND - The Aquarium
Jun. 20  Billings, MT - Thirsty Street Brewing
Jun. 21  Missoula, MT - VFW 209
Jun. 23  Seattle, WA - Black Lodge%
Jun. 24  Portland, OR - Twilight Cafe%
Jun. 25  Boise, ID - Realm Arcade%
Jun. 26  Salt Lake City, UT - Ace’s High Noon
Jun. 27  Reno, NV - The Holland Project
Jun. 28  Oakland, CA - Eli’s Mile High+
Jun. 29  Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon+
Jun. 30  Las Vegas, NV - Voodoo Brewing
Jul. 01  Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
Jul. 02  Albuquerque, NM - 606 Studio
Jul. 03  Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
Jul. 05  Kansas City, MO - Howdy
Jul. 06  Oklahoma City, OK - The Sanctuary
Jul. 07  Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves
Jul. 08  Austin, TX - Valhalla
Jul. 09  Tulsa, OK - Whittier Bar
Jul. 10  St. Louis, MO - Kerr Foundation
Jul. 11  Louisville, KY - Whirling Tiger
Jul. 12  Nashville, TN - DRKMTTR!
Jul. 13  Birmingham, AL - Saturn!
Jul. 14  Atlanta, GA - Eyedrum!
Jul. 15  Tampa, FL - Crowbar
Jul. 16  Winter Park, FL - Conduit
Jul. 18  Asheville, NC - Static Age Records
Jul. 19  Richmond, VA - Afterglow

* with Stander
% with Drowse
+ with Mamaleek
! with Malevich

It's Closeness, It's Easy track list:

  1. You Think
  2. Movement Two
  3. (blueberry pop)
  4. A Flowing Field of Green
  5. With Your Sunglasses on Like a Ghoul
  6. Grivo
  7. Twenty-Seventh of February
  8. Fresh Flowers for All Time
  9. Farm Cat, Watching

Sutras and The Crisis Of Existence

Posted in Records on March 17, 2025

DC punk project Sutras is back, sharing an EP last year and now following that up with a new full-length called The Crisis of Existence. The band, featuring Tristan Welch (guitar/vocals) and Frederick Ashworth (rhythm section), balances powerful rhythms with lush and loud guitar, "ferocious and dreamlike" in sound, the … Read more

Imminent Devastation is coming

Posted in Records on March 17, 2025

French hardcore band Who I Am will release a new album next month: Imminent Devastation, out April 4. The band cites Incendiary, Suburban Scum, and Terror as influences. Here's a track: Read more

Minus The Bear's Menos El Oso tour

Posted in Tours on March 17, 2025

Minus the Bear, on hiatus from touring, recently announced a set at Best Friends Forever festival and will bookend that performance with a US tour in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of Menos El Oso, performing the record in full live. Formed in Seattle, WA, the band ceased live activity … Read more

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Volar Records Releases David Lynch Tribute Single

Posted in Labels on March 17, 2025

In mid-January, legendary and influential filmmaker David Lynch, passed away due to complications with emphysema. Volar Records has announced the release of Jay Reatard and Lindsay Shutt's cover of "In Heaven." A song performed by the "lady in the radiator" from Lynch's first film, Eraserhead. Reatard and Shutt originally self-recorded … Read more

Buddies Fest in Ontario

Posted in Shows on March 16, 2025

The brand new Buddies Fest will take place July 11-13 in small town Tillsonburg, ONT (Canada), set at The Mill Inn + Eatery and Paddy's Underground, the former a 500 capacity outdoor space and the later an 80 capacity small room at the same property. Organized by Blacktop Records, the … Read more

Wolvesx4 +1

Posted in Records on March 16, 2025

Wolves&Wolves&Wolves&Wolves recently shared a new, full band take on the song "Same Old Sin," which originally appeared on cursecursecurse (2023, Wiretap Records). It will be on a new EP out later this month (and also on Wiretap). Read more Pictured: Live at FEST 21 Read more

Hard Anger from Agabas

Posted in Records on March 16, 2025

The third album from deathjazz metal band Agabas is forthcoming, with a June 13 release date set for the release of Hard Anger, which will be self-released by the band. Read more Tracklist 01. Kjærlighet for alle 02. Jævla menneske (feat. Shining) 03. En vakker himmel 04. La blodet flomme … Read more

Independence Day from Bayway

Posted in Labels on March 16, 2025

Hardcore band Bayway of New Jersey has signed to Trustkill Records, announcing the band's next album will release on July 4 on their new label home. More news to come, the band says. Read more View this post on Instagram A post shared by BAYWAY (@baywaynj) Read more

A big Giants Chair reissue

Posted in Records on March 16, 2025

Kansas City, MO post-hardcore band Giants Chair will see a special deluxe edition of Red and Clear released on Spartan Records, noting the 1995 album's thirtieth anniversary. The new edition was remastered by Duane Trower (Weights & Measures Soundlab) and will release with new packaging. This is the new "New … Read more

What the Hell's new?

Posted in Records on March 15, 2025

Yesterday Sorry State Records released a new 7" from the Hell, a snotty-sounding and nihilistic Cleveland, OH punk band, a joint release with Drunken Sailor Records (UK) with 5 songs overall. The band released a full-length in 2023. Read more

Higher Walls coming on April 25

Posted in Records on March 15, 2025

London hardcore band Higher Walls has a new 6-song EP out in a month, No End, coming on April 25 and released by the band. The first single is the throat shredding "Cloak & Dagger," posted below. “'Cloak & Dagger' speaks about the reality of the war machine and how … Read more

The Whiskey Bats Live & Dead

Posted in Records on March 15, 2025

DCxPC Live is back with Live & Dead Vol. 7, a new 7" featuring both live and dead (studio) tracks. Vol. 7 features The Whiskey Bats, whose live songs were Recorded at Camp Punksylvania 2024. Read more Preorders are available from the label now. Read more

Say Arv

Posted in Records on March 15, 2025

Arv, a post-hardcore band out of Oslo, NO will release their debut on May 2. The new album is to be called Curse & Courage, releasing on Vinter Records. The band also culls from metal and post-metal, balancing heavy intensity with atmospheric moods. Read more Read more

My Wife's An Angel - Yeah, I Bet

Posted in Records on March 15, 2025

Yeah, I Bet is the new album from Philadelphia, PA based noise rock band My Wife's An Angel -- out April 18 on Knife Hits Records. On new single "Ol' Man Shleep" the band gives us a nightmarish, psychedelic feel reminiscent of Butthole Surfers. Catch 'em on tour now. Read … Read more

Twist & Writhe from Hanover, PA

Posted in Bands on March 15, 2025

Gruff and punk-ish Pennsylvania band Twist & Writhe just shared a new single yesterday, "Cover Me," a 5-minute glimpse into the band's get-your-hands-dirty take on heavy punk with an ear for post-hardcore. The band self-produced an EP previously, with "Cover Me" now serving as a follow-up and the band's first … Read more

The Dialtones ring in

Posted in Records on March 15, 2025

Austin, TX band The Dialtones, with members of Okkervil River, White Denim, The Polyphonic Spree, The Heartless Bastards, and the Golden Dawn Arkestra, has shared "Love to Live," one of five songs on the band's upcoming Static Sky EP, out on April 11. The project is led by guitarist/composer Lauren … Read more

Possession by Ty Segall

Posted in Records on March 14, 2025

Currently on a solo tour, Ty Segall has announced album #16, the upcoming Possession, which will release on May 30. The first single from the record "Fantastic Tomb" (below) and the album will release on Drag City. The single, and many other album tracks, was co-written with collaborator and filmmaker … Read more

Matt Berninger announces Get Sunk

Posted in Records on March 14, 2025

Matt Berninger, of The National, has announced his second solo album, which comes out on May 30. The album will be titled Get Sunk, out on Book/Concord Records, including full band tour dates in North America and EU/UK. Musicians Meg Duffy (Hand Habits), Julia Laws (Ronboy), Kyle Resnick (The National, … Read more

Demonic Death and some old school violence

Posted in Records on March 13, 2025

Demonic Death, of Finland, has shared "'90's Violence," the first single from next's months new LP, Absolutely Launched. Absolutely Launched will be the band's fifth full-length and is set to release on April 30 on Suicide Records. The band has some fun with the video. Read more