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New Sweat

Posted by Loren on February 24, 2026

New Sweat
photo by Loren Green

Formed in 2019 in Los Angeles, CA, Sweat has just announcecd the band's third album -- Tear It On Down -- which releaess on April 3 on Vitriol Records.

Playing rhythmic and heavy punk-fueled hardcore, the band's new album follows Love Child (2024), followed by recording the new album last summer.

Besides Sweat, members Tuna Tardugno (vocals), Anthony Rivera (drums), and Justin Smith (guitar/vocals) have played with Graf Orlock, Dangers, Dogteeth, Ghostlimb, and more.

Tear it on Down tracklist:

  1. A New Love Language
  2. Noise is the Solution
  3. Surveillance State
  4. Smaller Cages Shorter Chains
  5. Citta Violenta
  6. Displaced
  7. Tension
  8. Life Sentence
  9. Denied Experience
  10. Bloodstains
  11. Don’t Know Why I Bite

Upcoming shows:

March 27 -  Riverside, CA @ Back to the Grind 
March 28 - Berkeley, CA @ 924 Gilman
March 29 - Sacramento, CA @ Cafe Colonial 
March 30 -  Reno, NV @ The Holland Project 
March 31 -  Salt Lake City, UT @ The Beehive 
April 1 - Denver, CO @ 7th Circle 
April  2 - Colorado Springs, CO @ What’s Left Records 
April 3 - Albuquerque, NM @ Long Hair Records 
April 4 - Phoenix, AZ @ TBA 
April 11 - San Diego, CA @ The Print Shop 
April 12 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo

May 2 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Zebulon 

photo: live at FEST 23 (2025)

New Sweat
photo by Loren Green

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